re: #99 BeenHereAwhile

If you’re arrested for DUI in TN, you get an Ignition Interlock (breathilizer) installed in your vehicle for a period of no less than 6 months up to a year.

You also spend a weekend in jail, and subsequently spend some hours picking up trash on the side of the highway.

The Ign Interlock has a camera which takes video of the person performing the breathlizer test along with an internal GPS which provides real time location of the vehicle at which time the test is being performed.

Since the Ign Interlock is sensitive to alcohol as well as alcohol precursors, orange juice, bananas, mouthwash, and pepperoni, etc, can create issues preventing the offender from starting their vehicle.

With court costs and Ign Interlock leasing, typical costs if a DUI in TN starts at $10,000 when all is said and done.

The ignition interlock thing is here in Texas. In fact, not having a car isn’t a deterrent to getting one, either. Scooters or any other type of motorized vehicle would have to be fitted with one. And there are even mobile breathylizer units for people without cars that have to be carried around 24/7 because they will go off randomly, requiring tests at all hours of the day and night.