Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will be at the Capitol on Monday and Tuesday to call on the Legislature to improve drunk driving laws in Georgia. MADD will urge lawmakers to advance HB 205 to allow first-time drunk driving offenders to choose an ignition interlock instead of license suspension. Georgia is one of just a handful of states that does not have an ignition interlock law that applies to first offenders.

MADD will announce findings of a recent report that shows ignition interlocks have prevented 15,250 drunk driving attempts in Georgia beginning in 1999 when the ignition interlock lock for multiple offenders was enacted. Allowing first offenders to drive with an ignition interlock will save lives and prevent repeat offenses. 

MADD believes that strong ignition interlock laws and laws that will keep repeat offenders off the road are critical to reaching our goal of No More Victims. Recent events have shown that in Georgia and across the nation, more must be done to prevent this 100 percent preventable crime.