Drunk Driving(Interlock)

A detailed Summary of Drunk Driving(Interlock)

The Ignition Interlock for Drunk Drivers

The ignition interlock is a high tech system that eveuates the persons BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) to see if the individual has been drinking. The device works like a normal Breathalyzer. The device is mounted on the dashboard and in order for the car to start the individual must blow into the machine. The machine then evaluates the persons BAC and if that person shows no sign of alcohol use the car will start. If the results come back saying he has consumed alcohol the vehicle will not start. When the vehicle starts and has been for around an hour the person must again blow into the machine to once again evaluate the person's condition. The maximum aloud limit is .04 mg of alcohol per 100mL of blood. Each time the individual uses the system and small computer records information. The system it self costs around 135.00 with a maintenance fee of about 100.00 a month.

The hypotheses for this program are: Is the ignition interlock program effective in reducing impaired driving recidivism? Does it have an impact on more serious, persistent impaired drivers? Finally, does the program continue to be effective even after the interlock device is removed? (Weinrath)

I don't believe the article was presented clearly because all it did was show me numbers and statistic. I was hoping it would tell me more about how the test results turned out in English terms not all this scientific formula. It gets rather confusing when you are bombarded with all these numbers. I believe the author had all his material but presented it in a confusing way. The method he used was great but I don't think it gave an accurate 100% result. His findings were terrific but he never expanded his experiment beyond three states and one providence. I don't believe the article or sample were gender, class, and age or racially biased in anyway possible. Weinrath does base a conclusion on the data and the results he discovered and yes I do believe his work benefits society keeping people safe. In my book safety for everyone and everybody is the greatest thing around. Just the experiments done can't really affect criminal justice policy-making at the present time but maybe in the future when it becomes more wide spread. I believe Weinrath strong point of this article was the uses of the graphs to give the reader a better visual idea of what he is talking about. He seems to lack on a lot of missing information or information withheld from this article for some reason. I had to read this article two times to get the actual mental picture of what he is talking about and to me seems ridiculous to me

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