Holiday DUI Enforcement - Radio Interview

I appeared on Fried on Business last week to talk with the host and listeners about DUI enforcement this holiday season. This is a yearly feature on the Fried on Business program, which can be heard on 880AM-TheBiz in Miami, Florida. Follow this link to listen to the entire one hour program.

We discussed a wide range of topics including:

What to do if you're stopped by the police
Defenses to DUI prosecutions
Driver license suspensions
Penalties for DUI in Florida
Technology and DUI enforcement
Ignition Interlock Devices
Laser Beams and Vapor



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MADD Pushes Connecticut Legislature on IID

Ignition interlock devices (IIDs) have been required for all convicted DUI offenders in Connecticut since 2011, even for first offenders. However, first-time offenders who chose to complete a first-offender diversion program are not mentioned in the laws regarding first-time DUI offenders. Connecticut SB 465 makes it clear that IIDs are still required for first-time offenders who choose to enter diversion programs.

In Florida, not all counties have diversion programs for first offenders. Only Miami, West Palm Beach, The Florida Keys, Gainesville and Orlando have such programs. Most, if not all of them, require an ignition interlock device for a specified periods as a condition of the program, though without uniformity between jurisdictions. Oddly enough, only first offenders who are actually convicted of DUI (whether by plea or trial) are required to have an IID ONLY if their BrAC was over a .149 or they had a minor in the car at the time of the arrest.

Interestingly, MADD pushed long and hard for the Connecticut Legislature to close the loophole in their laws, which allowed diversionary DUI cases to avoid the IID. Yet, on the MADD website's FAQ page the following appears:

"Does MADD advocate for ignition interlocks in all cars? 

No. MADD advocates requiring ignition interlocks only for convicted drunk drivers with an illegal blood alcohol concentration of .08 or greater."