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NEWSLETTER FROM ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE FEUER

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Assemblymember Feuer discusses DUI legislation with KPCC talk show host Patt Morrison

Assemblymember Mike Feuer has introduced legislation that requires first time and repeat DUI offenders to have a dashboard breathalyzer installed in their vehicles for several months. The bill, AB 91, creates a pilot project for DUI offenders in Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento and San Diego Counties. The bill was approved by the Assembly Public Safety Committee with no opposing votes, and will next be heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee. Please click here to listen to Assemblymember Feuer discuss the legislation on KPCC 89.3′ “The Patt Morrison Show.”

Recently the Contra Costa Times editorialized in favor of this legislation:

Editorial: Legislature should pass DUI interlock bill
MediaNews editorial

THE TRAGIC death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Kick Adenhart, apparently at the hands of a drunken driver, is a grim reminder that California still has a long way to go in its efforts to stop people from driving its roads under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

The tragedy also has showcased a battle that is being conducted in Sacramento’s political arena over whether the state should require those convicted of drunken driving to install Breathalyzer-type devices on their cars as part of their sentence.

These devices automatically lock the ignition to the vehicle if the blood-alcohol content is higher than 0.08, the state’s legal threshold for driving under the influence.

But rather than simply passing legislation to mandate such a program statewide, the Legislature is considering a reasonable bill that would create a pilot program in five of California’s largest counties… (To read the article in full please CLICK HERE.)

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