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Chris Larson: “These things [ignition interlock devices] have stopped…”

Featuring: Chris Larson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 7

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Drinking Culture Shifts & Education Crisis | State Sen. Chris Larson

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

It creates a barrier where people then cannot start their vehicle unless they are purely sober. And These things [ignition interlock devices] have stopped 400,000 rides over a 10-year period where somebody got behind the wheel blew and the car would not start. So it is literally keeping dangerous people off of the roads and preventing tragedies from happening. (04:47–04:58)

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Asserts that ignition interlock devices have prevented 400,000 drunk driving incidents over ten years.

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