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A Draeger ignition interlock device (red arrow) in a Scania bus. An ignition interlock device or breath alcohol ignition interlock device (IID or BAIID) is a breathalyzer for an individual's vehicle. It requires the driver to blow into a mouthpiece on the device before starting or continuing to operate the vehicle.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promotes the idea that ignition interlock devices reduce drunk driving recidivism by 67%. In Wisconsin, such devices have prevented more than 410,000 ...
License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired or drunk driving. However, under administrative license suspension (ALS) laws, sometimes called administrative license revocation or administrative per se, [1] licenses are confiscated and automatically suspended independent of criminal proceedings whenever a driver either (1) refuses to submit to chemical ...
1937 poster warning U.S. drivers against drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. [1]
Pennsylvania law is quite strict when it comes to penalizing drivers for being found driving without insurance. By suspending your car’s registration, Pennsylvania prevents anyone from driving ...
EN 50436 is a series of European Standards for ignition interlock devices (also called 'alcohol interlocks') on motor vehicles.. An alcohol interlock consists of two main components: an instrument that measures breath alcohol via a mouthpiece inside the vehicle, and a control unit (normally installed under the dashboard) which controls the current supply to the vehicle's starter relay.
The electric immobiliser/alarm system was invented by St. George Evans and Edward Birkenbuel and patented in 1919. [2] They developed a 3x3 grid of double-contact switches on a panel mounted inside the car so when the ignition switch was activated, current from the battery (or magneto) went to the spark plugs allowing the engine to start, or immobilizing the vehicle and sounding the horn. [3]
Currently, Pennsylvania's restriction on cell phone use while driving applies only to texting. Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe, had pushed for more than a decade to toughen Pennsylvania's ...