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Did You Avoid Installing an Ignition Interlock? Beware, New Yorkers!

Monday, September 26th, 2011

If you have been arrested for a NY DUI, chances are you may be required to install an ignition interlock. Since Leandra’s Law went into effect a year ago, NY DUI laws require DUI offenders to install an ignition interlock.

However, many NY DUI offenders have been able to avoid installing an interlock. They do so by transferring the title of their vehicle to a relative or someone they know. Furthermore, this is often done by the advice of their attorneys.

Currently, lawmakers are attempting to create an addendum to this law to plug this loophole. Soon enough, NY DUI laws will no longer allow DUI offenders to transfer their vehicle’s title. Therefore, if you are caught without installing your required ignition interlock, you could have a hard time getting out of trouble.

If you have been arrested for a DUI in New York and need to install an ignition interlock device, make an appointment with Smart Start of New York today!

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Ignition Interlocks’ Interesting Numbers

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

428,309,224- Number of alcohol-free starts, recorded by Smart Start

6,127,672 – Number of Alcohol starts prevented, recorded by Smart Start

1,000,000 – Number of vehicles with an ignition interlock if all states mandate the use of ignition interlock devices after a DUI arrest

150,000 – Number of DUI offenders within states that require mandatory car breathalyzers in their vehicles

10,000 – Number of lives purported by Consumer Affairs that could be saved if ignition interlocks were required by all 50 states

65 – Percent of alcohol violations reduced by repeat offenders with ignition interlock

40 – Percent of annual deaths caused by drinking and driving

13 – Number of states with mandatory ignition interlock laws

3 – Number of dollars a day a person would spend by installing an ignition interlock

2 –Number of states with no ignition interlock law (Alabama and South Dakota)

0 – Percent chance you’ll be arrested for another DUI if you install an ignition interlock

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