| DUI recidivism is a major problem in the war on drunk | | | | and pose significant traffic safety risks. In addition, a 2 |
| driving. The original mission of the organization Mothers | | | | year history of traffic convictions is a highly significant |
| Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was to prevent repeat | | | | predictor of DUI recidivism. |
| offenders and chronic alcohol abusers from committing | | | | So What's the Answer to DUI Recidivism? |
| drunk driving offenses as that was the main crux of | | | | One method that has proven to significantly reduce |
| the DUI problem our nation faces. | | | | the rate of DUI recidivism has been the use and |
| DUI punishments can never be harsh enough to | | | | implementation of ignition interlock devices or IID's. IID's |
| prevent recidivism from occurring on our nations | | | | are installed on offender's vehicles (or any vehicle that |
| highways. By increasing the penalties its been said that | | | | the offender has access to such as spouse vehicle's |
| we are not preventing DUI recidivism but more so | | | | and/or any other person sharing a residence with the |
| hammering social drinkers on their first DUI offense. | | | | offender). Ignition interlock devices require that the |
| BAC, Traffic Convictions and Recidivism | | | | driver blow a breath sample into the device before |
| The California department of motor vehicles reports | | | | starting the vehicle. If the breath sample has a blood |
| that DUI convicts with low level blood alcohol | | | | alcohol level of .02% or greater (in most cases) the |
| concentrations (BAC's) have a high rate of recidivism | | | | vehicle will not start. |