Saturday, March 13, 2010
Drunk Driving Bill Lags
KENTUCKY...
The idea of requiring convicted drunk drivers to have ignition interlock devices on their cars has stalled in the Kentucky Senate. It has MADD, the bill's sponsor and relatives of victims frustrated by the roadblock. May Jane Oswald of Louisville lost her 33-year-old son, Trey, six years ago when he was killed by a drunk driver. She says if the safety device law had been on the books back then the drunk driver who killed her son would not have been behind the wheel. The device requires drivers to blow into the machine, to prove they are not drunk, before they can start their car. The bill passed the House 95-0 but has been stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee since February 22nd.
The idea of requiring convicted drunk drivers to have ignition interlock devices on their cars has stalled in the Kentucky Senate. It has MADD, the bill's sponsor and relatives of victims frustrated by the roadblock. May Jane Oswald of Louisville lost her 33-year-old son, Trey, six years ago when he was killed by a drunk driver. She says if the safety device law had been on the books back then the drunk driver who killed her son would not have been behind the wheel. The device requires drivers to blow into the machine, to prove they are not drunk, before they can start their car. The bill passed the House 95-0 but has been stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee since February 22nd.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:49 AM 
