Drivers who use ignition interlocks can experience difficulties in extreme  cold conditions.  Every LifeSafer Ignition Interlock device (or IID, BAIID or car breathalyzer) is certified to warm up within 3 minutes in temperatures as low…

You can find out almost anything on the Internet. Including a lot that isn’t true. To prove that point, some kind souls have built a variety of convincing hoax websites. A site for ordering gasoline…

Police have a number of ways to detect if a driver is impaired. The standard method is to go through a set of procedures collectively called the Field Sobriety Test (FST). In one variation or…

By now you know that it’s against the law to drive your vehicle – or anyone else’s – while drunk. But what happens if you let someone else who is drunk drive your SUV? In…

A number of road safety PSA campaigns over the years have been memorable, but few can be said to be geniunely beloved. One set of messages that is very fondly remembered is the run of Vince…

Colorado is one of a few states in which a third DUI is not prosecuted as a felony. This may change if a new bill passes in the legislature. The bill, HB 1043, enacts stiffer…

Courts and DMVs order ignition interlocks for one reason only: to protect the public against drunk drivers. That’s what interlocks do best. By preventing the car from starting if the driver has had anything to…

Every once in a while a news story comes up about a DUI offender who is arrested and found to have a disabled ignition interlock. Most recently, a man in Wellsville, Pennsylvania was arrested twice…

We know that some drivers out there really love their luxury and performance cars. If you’re passionate about your premium ride, and you’re required to install an ignition interlock, chances are you’ll be nervous — after all,…

For many years – hundreds, perhaps – it’s been clear that some people will drink and act irresponsibly no matter what. The depressing number of alcohol-related crashes on our roads is proof of that. Social…