New Mexico Update Interlocks and DWI

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New Mexico Update Interlocks and DWI
Richard Roth, PhD Research Consultant and Citizen
Lobbyist Supported by PIRE, NHTSA, RWJ, and NM TSB

• MADD PANEL
• Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving
• August 28, 2007

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New Mexico Interlock Laws

• 1999 Optional for 2nd and 3rd DWI.
• 2002 Mandatory for all Aggravated and Subsequent
  DWIs. Indigent Fund
• 2003 Ignition Interlock License Act
  .an alternative to revocation.
• 2005 Mandatory Interlocks for all DWIs
  1yr for 1st 2 for 2nd 3 for 3rd Lifetime
  for 4

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Whats Happening in NM?

• More Interlocks per DWI than anywhere else
• DWI Forfeiture Ordinances
• More DWI Publicity and Advertising
• More Prevention and Treatment
• More Enforcement

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Cravens Crash
Ignition Interlock Law
Down 36
Down 30
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2007 Estimate 155-165
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Legislative Recommendations

• Mandatory Interlock for at least one year for all
  convicted offenders with electronic monitoring or
  urine testing as the only alternatives.
• Mandatory Period of Interlock before Unrestricted
  License Reinstatement.
• Interlock License as an Alternative to
  Revocation.
• Mandatory Immobilization or Interlock between DWI
  arrest and adjudication.
• Compliance Based Removal. Requirement No
  recorded BAC gt .05 by any driver for a year.
• An Indigent Fund with objective standards.

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New York Times Editorial November 25, 2006

• .. The initial (MADD) goal, which is backed by
  associations of State highway officials and car
  manufacturers, is to have all states do what New
  Mexico has already done require that all
  convicted drunken drivers, even first-time
  offenders, have devices installed in their cars
  that measure alcohol in the breath and
  immobilized the car if levels exceed set limits.