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Barriers to interlock implementation.

Robert B Voas·Paul R Marques
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This commentary reviews current and past vehicle interlock programs for impaired driving offenders with a focus on the challenges that courts and motor vehicle departments face in attempting to implement mandatory programs as required by current federal legislation. There are few offenders in interlock programs compared to the large number of impaired drivers arrested each year. This suggests that, to increase participation, courts will have to threaten more severe sanctions for those offenders who reject interlock programs. A combination of electronic house arrest with interlock programs is suggested as a method of maximizing interlock use.

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Accidents, TrafficAlcoholic IntoxicationAutomobile DrivingHumansProtective DevicesUnited StatesJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Robert B Voas, Paul R Marques. 2003. Barriers to interlock implementation.. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389580309887

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