A new ignition interlock law goes into effect Tuesday to close a loophole in Noah’s Law, which is named after a Montgomery County police officer who was struck and killed by a drunk driver in 2015.
24-year-old Noah Leotta was fatally struck while working as part of the Holiday Alcohol Task Force. Noah’s Law — The Drunk Driving Reduction Act of 2016 — was passed in Maryland requiring someone convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses to have an ignition interlock device.
Demonstration of ignition interlock device
But under the law, someone who got probation before judgment would not have to get the device. A new piece of state legislation changes that by requiring impaired driving offenders who get probation before judgment to also get the interlock device as part of probation.
In May, congressmen from New Hampshire and Kansas introduced the End DWI Act to create a national ignition interlock standard for drunk driving offenders through the same approach used to pass the national minimum drinking age and the national .08% blood alcohol concentration standard.
