Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc.

Punish the Cars or Deal With the People?

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, October 8th, 2009

While a study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) indicates growing public support for the use of ignition interlocks on the cars of drunk drivers, a growing body of justice officials and policymakers say the trend is actually dealing with the people--not just the cars--when it comes to mitigating the social and financial costs of the DUI epidemic.

The IIHS report indicates that two-thirds of their survey respondents think the idea of "advanced technology" to stop drunk drivers from operating their cars when intoxicated is "good" or "very good," though only 40 percent indicated they would be willing to install the technology on their own...

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Source: Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly (2009-10-08)

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