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New Mexico Interlock Program

New Mexico Interlock Program. Richard Roth, PhD. Executive Director, Impact DWI Research Supported By NM TSB, PIRE, NHTSA, and RWJ. Drunk Driver Plows into Mexican Bike Race One Dead, 10 Injured , June 1, 2008. The New Mexico Laws. 1999 Optional Judicial Mandate for 2 nd and 3 rd DWI

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New Mexico Interlock Program

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  1. New Mexico Interlock Program Richard Roth, PhD. Executive Director, Impact DWI Research Supported By NM TSB, PIRE, NHTSA, and RWJ New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  2. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  3. Drunk Driver Plows into Mexican Bike Race One Dead, 10 Injured , June 1, 2008

  4. The New Mexico Laws • 1999 Optional Judicial Mandate for 2nd and 3rd DWI • 2002 Mandatory Sentence for 1st Aggravated and All Subsequent Offenders. • 2002 Indigent Fund • 2003 Ignition Interlock License available for all revoked offenders with no waiting period. • 2005 Mandatory Sentence: 1 yr for 1st; 2 yrs for 2nd; 3 yrs for 3rd; and lifetime with 5 yr review for 4 or more. • 2005 ALR and JLR periods increased New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  5. Measures of Program Effectiveness • Increased Interlock Installation Rate. • Reduction of Recidivism of Interlocked Offenders. • Statewide Reductions in Recidivism. • Statewide Reductions in Alcohol-Involved Crashes. • Statewide Reductions in Alcohol-Involved Injuries. • Statewide Reductions in Alcohol-Involved Fatalities. • Perception of Fairness of the Sanction. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  6. NM Traffic Safety Summit

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  9. Cravens Crash Ignition Interlock Law Down 36% Down 30% NM Traffic Safety Summit

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  16. Opinions of 1513 Interlocked OffendersThey Consider Interlocks To Be • 88% Helpful in avoiding another DWI • 83% Helpful at reducing their drinking • 89% Effective at reducing their drunk driving • 70% Cost-Effective..benefits outweigh the costs • 80% A Fair Sanction For DWI Offenders • 72% All convicted DWI’s should have interlocks • 63% All arrested DWI’s should have interlocks. NM Ignition Interlock Installation Survey

  17. Measures of Program Effectiveness • 32% of all persons arrested for DWI are installing interlocks. (50% of Convicted offenders) • More currently-installed interlocks per capita than any other state or nation. • Recidivism of interlocked offenders is reduced by 65%. • Overall statewide recidivism is 30% lower since 2002. • Alcohol Involved Crashes are down 31%. • Alcohol Involved Injuries are down 39%. • Alcohol Involved Fatalities are down 35%. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  18. What We Have Learned in NM • Judicial Mandates get more interlocks installed than Administrative requirements. 3 to 1 in NM. • First offenders must be included because they are 60% to 80% of all DWI offenders, and almost as likely to be re-arrested as subsequent offenders. • There must be an Interlock License available ASAP. • Revoked offenders are 3 times more likely to be re-arrested for DWI than interlocked offenders. • Hard revocation periods just teach offenders that they can drive without being arrested. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  19. Loopholes that Remain in NM • “No Car” excuse. • No interlock between arrest and adjudication (Learning, DWI, Absconding) • Possibility of waiting out revocation period without interlock (for “no car”, not-convicted, and absconders) New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  20. NM Loophole Fixes • For those who claim “no car”, a fee equal to the cost of an interlock for supervised probation of the offender or an equally costly daily home Photo-BAC test. • Vehicle Immobilization or Interlock between arrest and adjudication. • No full license reinstatement without a mandatory interlock period. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  21. Comparison of Laws New Mexico Illinois • Convicted offenders must install interlocks. • Unless they are willing to lie. • Convicted offenders must install interlocks. • Unless they don’t want to. My Prediction: ~15% Install; ~70% Opt out; ~15% Will not respond. Result: 50% Install; ~40% Lie; ~10% don’t drive. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  22. Model Ignition Interlock Programby Dick Roth May 2, 2008 • Mandatory Interlocks as a condition of probation for all convicted offenders. 1 yr for 1st, 2 yrs for second, 3 yrs for 3rd, and 5 yrs for 4 or more. • Mandatory Home Photo-Id Breathalyzer for convicted offenders who claim “no vehicle” or “not driving. Daily requirement of morning and evening alcohol-free breath tests as a condition of probation. • An ignition interlock license available to all persons revoked for DWI with no other restrictions. Allow MVD to set fee to cover cost. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  23. Model Ignition Interlock Programby Dick Roth May 2, 2008 continued • An Indigent Fund with objective standards such as eligibility for income support or food stamps. • Vehicle immobilization or interlock between arrest and adjudication. • Vehicle forfeiture for driving a non-interlocked vehicle while revoked for DWI. • No end to revocation period before satisfaction of at least one year of alcohol-free driving with an IID. (eg. ≥ 5000 miles and ≥ 1 year with no BAC>0.05 by any driver) . • Criminal sanction for circumvention of IID. New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

  24. Thank You • Richard Roth, PhD. • 2300 West Alameda Unit D4 • Santa Fe, NM 87507 • 505-471-4764 • www.ImpactDWI.org • www.PEDAforTeens.org • RichardRoth2300@msn.com New Mexico Interlock Program Dick Roth

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