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Submitted by tcmilios on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:16am

House Bill 1789, adopted in April of 2011, focused on issues ranging from ignition interlock laws, to DUI penalty increases to the creation of state and federally funded "DUI courts". Starting on September 1, 2011, changes to the existing Washington Ignition Interlock laws take effect.  One of these changes will potentially reduce the amount of time an individual will have to keep an ignition interlock device (IID) installed on his or her vehicle.  The others however, will increase the scenarios in which a person will be required to have an ignition interlock device installed.

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Submitted by tcmilios on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 2:43pm

As of July 22, 2011, police officers making DUI arrests in the State of Washington no longer have the option to leave to person’s vehicle parked where it is or to allow another person to drive the vehicle home. On that date, legislation enacted back in April of 2011 took effect, commanding that the vehicle of a person arrested for DUI in the state of Washington must be towed from the scene and held for a period of 12 hours. Known as Haily’s Law, it was created to ensure that a drunk driver does not return to his or her car and drive following his arrest and release.

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