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Results for alcohol ignition interlock devices (new york)
2 results foundAuthor: The Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research Title: New York State Evaluation of Leandra's Law Expansion of Ignition Interlock: Telephone Survey of County Monitors Summary: In 2009, of the 1,060 fatal crashes that occurred on New York’s roadways, 31% were alcohol-related, a rate that is among the lowest in the nation. However, since it represents an increase over the rate of 24% in 2004, New York continues to enhance and implement innovative legislation, enforcement efforts, and public information campaigns that target the problem of impaired driving. One of the most recent significant innovative strategies designed to reduce impaired driving occurred late in 2009 with the passage of Chapter 496 of the Laws of 2009, commonly known as Leandra’s Law. Leandra’s Law has two major components: 1) effective December 18, 2009, the criminal sanctions surrounding driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs with children under the age of 16 in the car were increased, and 2) effective August 15, 2010, the law expands the use of ignition interlock devices, making them applicable to any person who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony DWI for a minimum period of six months. The implementation of the ignition interlock section of the law, in particular, has been the focus of a number of agencies, including the New York State Governor’s Office, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC), the Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the state’s Task Force on Impaired Driving. To determine the effectiveness of Leandra’s Law in reducing impaired driving, the GTSC has funded the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research (ITSMR) to conduct a study of the law. Designed to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the provisions of Leandra’s Law, the study has three major components: 1) Increased penalties for impaired driving with children under age 16 in the car. To determine the effectiveness of this provision of the law, the study involves analyses of the tickets issued for this violation during the first year (2010) and their adjudication by the courts. Analyses will also be conducted of the crashes attributed to impaired driving where children are present in the vehicle. 2) Expansion of the ignition interlock sanction: Administrative Evaluation. This component of the law provides that the state’s Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (OPCA) be responsible for establishing the appropriate regulations to govern the expansion of the use of ignition interlocks and overseeing their implementation. Each of the state’s 62 counties are required to submit a plan to the OPCA that describes how it will implement and monitor the use of the ignition interlocks that are imposed on convicted impaired drivers in their county. Under this component of the study, ITSMR will examine the implementation of the ignition interlock requirement which has been delegated to the counties. The objective of this administrative evaluation will be to determine whether and to what extent the law is being implemented as intended, isolate any issues affecting the implementation, and identify common practices. 3) Expansion of the ignition interlock sanction: Impact Evaluation. This component of the study will focus on the impact of the expansion of the ignition interlock sanction on impaired driving arrests, recidivism and crashes. This part of the study involves the analyses of ticket and disposition data, as well as analyses of crash data. While all three parts of the study are underway, this report focuses on the second component of the study described above with respect to a telephone survey of the persons responsible for monitoring the drivers sentenced to ignition interlock in the state’s 62 counties. Details: Albany, NY: The Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2011. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 5, 2012 at http://www.safeny.ny.gov/10data/MonitorSurveyFull.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.safeny.ny.gov/10data/MonitorSurveyFull.pdf Shelf Number: 126266 Keywords: Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices (New York)Driving Under the Influence (New York)Drunk Driving (New York)Evaluative Studies |
Author: The Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research Title: New York State Evaluation of Leandra's Law: ADWI with Child Under Age 16 in the Vehicle Summary: The Child Passenger Protection Act (Chapter 496 of the Laws of 2009), commonly known as Leandra’s Law, is one of the most recent in a long line of significant legislation passed in New York State to address the serious issue of impaired driving. The law was named for an 11-year-old girl who was killed while riding in a vehicle driven by the intoxicated mother of one of her friends. The driver received misdemeanor charges prompting calls for stronger legislation and stricter penalties for driving impaired with young passengers in the vehicle. Leandra’s Law created a new crime of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child under Age 16 in the Vehicle (Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1192.2ab). Effective December 18, 2009, drivers who violate the ADWI/Child in Vehicle law are charged with a Class E felony and face up to four years in prison and/or a fine of $1,000-$5,000. The second major component of Leandra’s Law expands the use of ignition interlock devices as a sanction in alcohol impaired driving cases. Any driver convicted of a misdemeanor or felony DWI is now required to install an ignition interlock device for a minimum of six months on any vehicle they drive. Drivers convicted of ADWI/Child in Vehicle were subject to the new sanction on the effective date of the new law (December 18, 2009), while the sanction for other DWI convictions (VTL 1192.2, 1192.2aa and 1192.3) took effect on August 15, 2010. This report focuses on the implementation of the new violation of ADWI/Child in Vehicle (VTL 1192.2ab). The study was designed to identify the number and characteristics of drivers who had been arrested for violating VTL 1192.2ab between December 18, 2009 and June 30, 2011 and determine whether they were adjudicated and sanctioned in accordance with Leandra’s law. Using ticket data extracted from the TSLED (Traffic Safety Law Enforcement and Disposition) system on July 15, 2011, the first set of analyses focused on drivers ticketed for 1192.2ab violations and the adjudication outcome of these tickets. TSLED includes all tickets issued for impaired driving offenses in New York State with the exception of New York City and five western towns in Suffolk County on Long Island. The Driver License file, which contains information on all drivers in the state convicted of a misdemeanor or felony DWI, was the source for further analyses on the drivers convicted of these violations. These analyses included the penalties and sanctions received, involvement in a crash in association with the violation, and the extent to which these drivers had prior alcohol-related convictions on their driving records. The Driver License file data used in the analyses were extracted on August 31, 2011. The results of the analyses are presented within. Details: Albany, NY: The Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2011. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 5, 2012 at http://www.safeny.ny.gov/10data/ADWIwithChildFull.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.safeny.ny.gov/10data/ADWIwithChildFull.pdf Shelf Number: 126270 Keywords: Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices (New York)Child Victims (New York)Driving Under the Influence (New York)Drunk Driving (New York)Evaluative StudiesPassenger Safety (New York) |