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Drunken Drivers * USA - Alaska law now requires to install Interlock devices
Gov. Sarah Palin has signed into law a bill that is intended to get tough with drivers who get behind the wheel after drinking too much...
Alaska,USA -Land Line Magazine -14 July 2008: -- The new law, requires first- and second-time DUI offenders, and some third-time offenders, to install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles. The rule affecting misdemeanor offenders takes effect Jan. 1, 2009... Interlocks are hooked up to the ignitions of vehicles. Once such a device is installed, a driver must blow into a mouthpiece, which measures the amount of alcohol on a person’s breath. If the driver blows clean, the car will then start; if not, it won’t budge... In addition, the devices often require drivers to re-blow in the machine after a designated period of time, to ensure that they have not convinced someone else to blow into the mouthpiece for them, or that they haven’t been drinking since getting behind the wheel...
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