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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. New Mexico Interlock Laws. 1999 Optional for 2 nd and 3 rd 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 MADD Panel T2007
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+ MADD Panel T2007
What’s Happening in NM? • More Interlocks per DWI than anywhere else • DWI Forfeiture Ordinances • More DWI Publicity and Advertising • More Prevention and Treatment • More Enforcement MADD Panel T2007
Cravens Crash Ignition Interlock Law Down 36% Down 30% MADD Panel T2007
2007 Estimate 155-165 MADD Panel T2007
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 > .05 by any driver for a year. • An Indigent Fund with objective standards. MADD Panel T2007
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.” MADD Panel T2007