New law, which goes into effect Sunday, requires installation of technology that locks ignition if it detects driver’s alcohol level is above legal limitA “breathalyzer†that’s designed to keep all convicted drunk drivers on the road — as long as they stay sober — is about to become part of New Jersey’s arsenal against intoxicated driving.
New Jersey is the 34th state to require all first-time and repeat drunk-driving offenders to install ignition interlock devices (IIDs) in their vehicles. The concept is simple: Convicted drunk drivers must blow into the cell-phone sized units that can detect the presence of alcohol; if illegal amounts of alcohol are detected, the vehicle engines will not start.
The new law takes effect Dec. 1, superseding the current requirement that IIDs must be installed on first-time offenders’ vehicles only if they registered a 0.15% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) — nearly twice the state’s 0.08% BAC legal limit (0.08 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood). The current law, which also requires repeat offenders to install IIDs, took effect in 2010
https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/11/mandatory-in-car-devices-for-all-convicted-drunk-drivers-in-nj-will-test-for-alcohol/
