By: elora kapp

elora kapp — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:00:37 +0000

I agree; these ignition interlock devices are accidents waiting to happen. The driver must IMMEDIATELY pull over (ok on a country road but not in NY where this is impossible without taking your life in your hands) – and blow into the thing; a photo is taken at the time he blows and all the while the horn is honking and people are giving the driver the finger for honking……some genius has to come up with something better than what is now offered. A friend has this in his car and is complying but it is definitely MORE dangerous than using a cell phone while driving.

By: Fed UP!!!!!!

Fed UP!!!!!! — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:34:35 +0000

I am 25 and just about a month ago ended up getting a dwi. I had three martini’s in Two hours at a rest. and i thought that i was going to be fine. Needless to say…i was wrong. This was the first time i had ever been arrested for ANYTHING, in my life! When all is said and done it will have cost me about $4000.00. Which would have been fine…until it came to my attention that fines, costs of classes, IID’s…are all income based. Had i not been working…this whole ordeal probably would have cost me thousands less. Why the hell are people getting different penalties for the same damn crime?! Bullshit!!!! Because i work? Because I’m middle class? Because i don’t feed off the system…bc/ i pay taxes? You’re going to rape me!!!!!!!!!! And i’m the criminal, right? ANYWAY…now i have an IID in my car for 6 months, which the judge determinded bc/ i can afford to pay my bills i can also afford full price for the device, which is a little over $1000.00 (over 6 months). Great. As if that isn’t rediculous enough…my state, NY, made it mandatory to do “rolling tests”, which means that while i am driving my car, the machine will make me give random samples. This is sooooo frustrating, bc/ it is extremely distracting! There are penalties and fines if you don’t blow in a certain amount of time. You have to read the prompts on the screen of the machine so you know when to blow, then listen for a “click” sound, so that you know when to draw back. If you don’t do it properly, you have to wait, look at the screen and do it again!!!! Are you FUCKING SERIOUS!!!!! They said cell phones were dangerous, they said eating and driving was dangerous, they even were toying with the idea of cracking down on smoking cigarettes while driving, but blowing into the IID @ 30-65 miles an hour is an excellent way to crack down on drunk driving fatalities. You’re damn right it is you fucking dumbasses, peoplel aren’t going to get killed by drunk drivers anymore, they’re going to get killed by the poor schmuck trying to comply with their IID, while traveling 60miles an hour! Bravo MADD, Bravo NY State…what an excellent and well thought out plan. Keep up the good work!

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By: elora kapp

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