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<strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>new</strong> <strong>law</strong>: <strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> <strong>who</strong> <strong>don't</strong> <strong>install</strong> ... http://www.nydaily<strong>new</strong>s.com/ny_local/2011/10/16/2011-10-16...<br />
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<strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>new</strong> <strong>law</strong>: <strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong><br />
<strong>drivers</strong> <strong>who</strong> <strong>don't</strong> <strong>install</strong> <strong>BAC</strong> car device<br />
may wear ankle monitor<br />
BY KENNETH LOVETT<br />
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU<br />
Sunday, October 16th 2011, 4:00 AM<br />
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<strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> may be required to wear alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets, like the<br />
SCRAM brand device pictured above.<br />
ALBANY - <strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> <strong>who</strong><br />
<strong>don't</strong> <strong>install</strong> breathalyzer-like devices in their cars might have to instead wear alcoholdetection<br />
anklets under a bill being unveiled this week, the Daily News has learned.<br />
The bill would make it more difficult for those convicted of <strong>drunk</strong> driving to avoid having<br />
<strong>BAC</strong> monitors <strong>install</strong>ed in their cars before they drive again.<br />
Anyone claiming they no longer have a car in order to avoid having to <strong>install</strong> the device<br />
would be required to strap on an device similar to one Lindsay Lohan once sported.<br />
Under a part of <strong>Leandra's</strong> Law activated last year anyone convicted of <strong>drunk</strong>en driving is<br />
required to have an ignition interlock device <strong>install</strong>ed in their car for at least six months - or<br />
surrender their license.<br />
But the Daily News reported in August that out of 2562 convicted <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> in the city<br />
just 528 - 21%- had the device <strong>install</strong>ed. Statewide, just a third are now said to have<br />
complied.<br />
Officials said the boozehounds have gotten around the <strong>law</strong> by transferring the title of their<br />
vehicle to a friend or relative or getting rid of their cars altogether for the minimum six<br />
month period they would be required to <strong>install</strong> the ignition interlock devices.<br />
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<strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>new</strong> <strong>law</strong>: <strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> <strong>who</strong> <strong>don't</strong> <strong>install</strong> ... http://www.nydaily<strong>new</strong>s.com/ny_local/2011/10/16/2011-10-16...<br />
Of the 1,969 <strong>drivers</strong> convicted under the<br />
August 2010 <strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>law</strong>, 1,286 got rid of<br />
their cars, according to the Queens District<br />
Attorney's office.<br />
"We believe many of them feel they can<br />
simply wait it out for six months," said<br />
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen<br />
Rice, <strong>who</strong>se office helped craft the fix.<br />
Under the legislation being unveiled today,<br />
a person would have to go up to five years<br />
without a car unless they <strong>install</strong>ed the<br />
interlock device, said Maureen McCormick,<br />
Rice's chief of vehicle crimes.<br />
They'd also have to provide an affidavit to<br />
the judge swearing that they <strong>don't</strong> have a<br />
car and that their spouse or family member<br />
living with them wouldn't let the device be<br />
<strong>install</strong>ed on their vehicles, McCormick said.<br />
Perhaps the most contentious provision is<br />
one requiring the ankle alcohol monitoring<br />
devices. McCormick said some <strong>drunk</strong><br />
<strong>drivers</strong> are ordered to stay away from<br />
alcohol.<br />
"We believe the changes would lead to far<br />
more compliance earlier on of people<br />
<strong>install</strong>ing the ignition interlock devices," Rice<br />
said. "It's harder to withstand being without<br />
a car for (up to five years)."<br />
The bill to close the loophole is being<br />
introduced by Senate Transportation<br />
Committee Chairman Charles Fuschillo<br />
(R-Nassau County) and Assemblyman<br />
Harvey Weisenberg (D-Nassau County).<br />
It has the backing of Lenny Rosado, <strong>who</strong>se<br />
11-year-old daughter's death in a 2009<br />
<strong>drunk</strong> driving accident on the West Side<br />
Highway inspired <strong>Leandra's</strong> Law, which<br />
makes it a felony to drive <strong>drunk</strong> with<br />
children under the age of 16 in the car.<br />
"This legislation would stop them from<br />
getting around the <strong>law</strong> and make it harder to<br />
escape a device that prevents them from<br />
driving <strong>drunk</strong> again," said Fuschillo.<br />
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<strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>new</strong> <strong>law</strong>: <strong>Convicted</strong> <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> <strong>who</strong> <strong>don't</strong> <strong>install</strong> ... http://www.nydaily<strong>new</strong>s.com/ny_local/2011/10/16/2011-10-16...<br />
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armecia<br />
5:53:05 AM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
Frances<br />
10:01:45 AM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
shinnok<br />
10:33:31 AM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
XpLzT<br />
11:20:01 AM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
Jay West<br />
12:16:07 PM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
MarcDonato<br />
2:09:40 PM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
MarcDonato<br />
2:17:49 PM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
Batsen<br />
9:47:13 PM<br />
Oct 16, 2011<br />
Drinking is a choice but drinking and driving is a criminal act. Bravo to<br />
New York for finally making it difficult for those <strong>who</strong> drink to drive and<br />
kill innocent people. Hopefully other states will do the same.<br />
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Right on! Drink yourself to death if you like, but <strong>don't</strong> get behind the<br />
wheel and take others with you.<br />
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The two fool below <strong>don't</strong> realize this is BigGovernmnet at its finest,<br />
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this is right on for the <strong>law</strong>s..but when will the damn commitee start<br />
doing something about elderly people <strong>who</strong> SHOULD NOT DRIVE?<br />
@XpLzT: At what age are people elderly?<br />
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no shinnok....how is this big government??? I despise government<br />
intrusion into our lives but this is a needed and necessary act to<br />
prevent <strong>drunk</strong> <strong>drivers</strong> - many of <strong>who</strong>m are often repeaters - from doing<br />
so again.<br />
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Of the 1,969 <strong>drivers</strong> convicted under the August 2010 <strong>Leandra's</strong> <strong>law</strong>,<br />
1,286 got rid of their cars, according to the Queens District Attorney's<br />
office.===1,286 SAID that they got rid of their cars...how many were<br />
just title transfers??? With that said, I think that if a person convicted of<br />
DWI is arrested again, this time while driving a borrowed car, then the<br />
vehicle owner should also be charged with a felony. That might curb the<br />
cases where the DUI offender is driving the vehicle to which he/she<br />
USED to hold the title, but is driving the vehicle titled in a friends or<br />
relative name.<br />
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If they "won't" follow that <strong>law</strong> and <strong>install</strong> the devices why SEIZE ALL<br />
THEIR ASSETS and THROW THEM IN JAIL???<br />
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