Interlocks would end social drinking
Philadelphia InquirerJanuary 25, 2010
Your editorial ("Locked for safety," Jan. 16) didn't mention that mandating ignition interlocks for all drunken-driving offenders is an incremental step in a project that seeks to put alcohol sensors in all cars.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is trying to subtly encourage Americans to be supportive of such in-car alcohol sensors. But once in all cars, interlocks would be set well below the legal limit.
You will no longer be able to have a glass of wine with dinner, a beer at a ball game, or a champagne toast at a wedding before driving home. That application of the technology isn't anti-drunks, it's anti-drinks.
Sarah Longwell