Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
 
Board
Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
 
chapter
VASAP Case Management Policy and Procedures Manual [24 VAC 35 ‑ 31]
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2/23/18  10:42 am
Commenter: Lawrence Langer

Changes in VA Ignition Interlock Program
 

I support the change to move the ignition interlock fail point from .02% BAC to .04% BAC. Many DUI offenders have difficulty starting their cars because he or she is at the mercy of flawed fuel cell technology, which can generate false positives (even though the user has not been drinking) which can cause a DUI convicted person to go back to court and face possible jail time. Case managers often misinterpret ignition interlock data. Moving the fail point will dramatically decrease false positive results that case managers use to keep offenders in the program and cost offenders who have not violated their program additional money.

Lawrence Langer

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