Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
 
Board
Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
 
chapter
Ignition Interlock Regulations [24 VAC 35 ‑ 60]
Next Comment     Back to List of Comments
6/22/18  10:29 am
Commenter: Debbie Heath

Agree
 

I couldn't agree more with all of this information.  Not only is blwing into the machine an issue, lung capacity wise, in this day and age you have the breathalyzer, the sun, kids the radio, your phone, gps, and who knows what else going off, all in the same time of making sure you blow into the machine just right, all while to merge over into afernoon traffic.  I understand the breathalyzer, and I'm not saying to take it away, but it does need to be tweaked a bit.  I blew into mine with a banana, and I am being sent back to court.  I am also being sent back to court because of my visor being down.  I am 5'3, and I commute to work from North Carolina to Va Beach, and I drive over the Pungo Ferry Bridge in the afternoon.  I am not sure what more I can do.  I am a healthy Mother of Two, a wife, a worker,  and I have a 4.0 in school right now, but I am going back to court for these things?  Have I not endured enough punishment for my terrible mistake?  Furthermore, if the breathalyzer doesn't work, shouldn't that be my problem and not the courts?  Even the founder of MADD has stopped being a part of this because she said it has just become about politics and money.  If VASAP really wanted to help people, that is what they would do.  

CommentID: 65488