Interlock Devices: Driving Under The Influence Of Good Habits

Edhat Santa Barbara News recently
reports of the Oxnard Police Department Traffic Unit conducting
a multi-location sobriety and driver's license checkpoint.
Officers screened drivers to not only check for drivers who had
been drinking alcohol, but also drivers in violation of failing
to install a court-ordered

ignition interlock
device

in their vehicles. Under specific circumstance when a
defendant is found to be guilty of driving under the influence,
the judge will order him or her to install an ignition
interlock device in the vehicle to prevent another incident of
drunk driving.

Out of the 1004 motorists who passed through
the checkpoint locations, officers conducted two DUI
investigations with drivers who had been drinking alcohol. As
these drivers were found to have alcohol levels below the legal
limit of .08, no DUI arrests were made. One vehicle was towed
from the checkpoint when it was found that the operator did not
have her

ignition
device

installed.

Among the citations issued to drivers for
other violations, 37 were for various drivers' license
violations at the checkpoint, 25 drivers were issued citations
for driving without a valid driver's license and 2 drivers were
cited for driving with a suspended driver's license. Seventeen
vehicles were towed from the checkpoint.  When a driver is
required to install an

ignition
interlock device California

law dictates that it must be present in the vehicle at all
times.  Failure to do so can result in a number of
punitive consequences including fines and/or jail time.

The Oxnard Police Department plans on
conducting several more DUI enforcement operations this year.
These DUI operations are an effort to reduce the number of
alcohol related crashes and to make our roadways and community
safer. We also remind people that if they see an impaired
driver to dial 911, as this is considered to be an emergency.
These DUI enforcement operations are funded by grants from the
California Office of Traffic Safety through the National
Highway Transportation Administration. For additional
information on

Los Angeles
IID

(ignition interlock devices), visit

www.lsinterlock.com
to learn more.