THE ROAD?
(TOM)
IGNITION INTERLOCK A
SYSTEM PUT IN VEHICLES TO
MEASURE ALCOHOL ON THE
BREATH.
BUT WHILE SOME SAY IT
WORKS, OTHERS SAY IT'S
DANGEROUS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S JASON
MARKS SHOWS US WHY SOME
ARE ASKING FOR CHANGES.
JASON?
(JASON)
NO ONE WANTS TO BE A
VICTIM OF DRUNK DRIVNG.
THAT'S WHY THERE ARE
MEASURES
IN PLACE TO TRY AND
PREVENT IT FROM
HAPPENING. THE QUESTION
ARE THE
MEASURES WORKING.
(JASON MARKS REPORTING)
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"THIS HAS BEEN THE
HARDEST THING THAT I'VE
HAD TO GO
THROUGH IN MY LIFE."
HAMPTON'S CYNTHIA HITES
SAYS THE LAST FOUR YEARS
HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE.
ONE THAT STARTED JUNE OF
2015. WHEN HITES DECIDED
TO DRIVE HOME AFTER
HAVING A FEW DRINKS.
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"YOU KNOW IT WAS REALLY A
POOR DECISION. IT WAS
ONLY TWO MILES HOME"
AROUND THE CORNER FROM
HER HOUSE, HITES CRASHED
HER CAR. SHE WAS CHARGED
MOST FRUSTRATING, MOST
AWFUL
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I CAN
IMAGINE BEING IN"
AS PART OF HER
PUNISHMENT, HITES HAD AN
WILL ONLY START IF NO
ALCOHOL IS
DETECTED. IF THE CAR IS
STARTED, IT WILL ALSO ASK
FOR RANDOM TESTS AND WILL
SHUT THE CAR DOWN
UNTIL THE TEST IS PASSED.
IF ALCOHOL IS DETECTED
THE DATA IS SENT TO THE
VASAP, VIRGINIA ALCOHOL
SAFETY
ACTION PROGRAM AND IT
DETERMINES IF LEGAL
ACTION IS NECESSARY.
STATE LAW MANDATES ANYONE
WITH A
FIRST OFFENSE DUI
CONVICTION HAS THE DEVICE
FOR SIX MONTHS.
(MIKE GOODOVE/MAAD)
"THIS TOOL INTERLOCK
IGNITION DEVICE STOPS OR
CURBS SOMEBODY WHO DRIVES
IMPAIRED BECAUSE IT
DISABLE A VEHICLE"
MIKE GOODOVE IS PRESIDENT
OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK
DRIVING. HE BELIEVES
THIS DEVICE HELPS DETER.
(MIKE GOODOVE/MAAD)
"WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
PUTTING A PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY A GOOD PIECE
OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE
VEHICLE SO YOU CAN BE
ASSURED THAT THE PERSON
BEHIND THE WHEEL IS NOT
IMPAIRED"
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"I HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE
WITH THAT DEVICE ON THE
REGULAR"
HITES BELIEVES THERE ARE
ISSUES THAT COME WITH THE
IGNITION INTERLOCK .
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"EVERYONE ONE OF THEM HAS
TO COME OFF THESE
CARS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THEM"
NATS
HER VIDEOES SHOW THE
DEVICE PICKING UP FALSE
POSITIVES.
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"THERE ARE A LOT OF
ALCOHOLS OUT THERE.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT
ANYTHING THAT ENDS IN OL
IS AN ALCOHOL. WITH THE
RIGHT VAPOR PRESSURE THIS
MACHINE WILL MEASURE YOU
SORBITOL LEVELS YOUR
METHANOL, YOUR MENTHOL
ISOPROPYL IS ANOTHER ONE"
HITES ENDED UP HAVING THE
IGNITION INTERLOCK ON HER
CAR FOR 21 MONTHS BECAUSE
OF FALSE POSITIVES.
(CYNTHIA HITES/HAMPTON)
"ALL OF THESE READINGS
ARE HAPPENING TO SOMEBODY
WHO IS COMPLETELY SOBER
FOR MONTHS"
NATS OF FB VIDEO
HITES ISN'T ALONE IN
WANTING THE DEVICE NO
LONGER TO BE USED.
SOCIETY"
STEVE PFIFFER IS A
HE TOO HAS HEARD ABOUT
ISSUES FROM HIS CLIENTS.
(STEVE PFEIFFER/ATTORNEY)
"IT IS CRAZY YOU SEE SOME
CASES WHERE PEOPLE WILL
HAVE A HIGH BAC LIKE A
.09 SO DRIVING DRUNK
TRYING TO START THEIR
VEHICLE AND THEN 15
MINUTES LATER IT IS
A .02 AND THAT'S NOT
POSSIBLE"
(SHELIA DUNN/NATIONAL
MOTORIST ASSOCIATION)
"I THINK THAT ANYTIME YOU
HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
REQUIRES YOU TO DO
SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE
DRIVING IS A BAD SYSTEM
BECAUSE IT IS DISTRACTED
BELEIVES INTERLOCK
IGNITION IS RECIPE FOR
DISASTER. (SHELIA
IN 2017 BECAUSE OF IT.
SHE WAS PULLING OUT OF
HER DRIVEWAY AND A MAN
WAS TRYING TO BLOW INTO
HIS
DEVICE AND HE RAN INTO
HER. 09:45:11:22
(JOSH ATKINS/VIRGINIA
BEACH)
"IF YOU DON'T DO IT JUST
RIGHT YOU HAVE TO KEEP
DOING IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN"
JOSH ATKINS WAS CONVICTED
OF DUI IN
MARCH. HE SHOWED US HOW
HARD IT IS TO GET THE CAR
STARTED.
NATS
(JOSH ATKINS/VIRGINIA
BEACH)
"YOU HAVE TO READ THIS
WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING"
SINCE HITES' DUI SHE HAS
IMMERSED HERSELF IN
DOCUMENTS DEALING WITH
INTERLOCK IGNITION. DMV
CONFIRMED TO HER THAT
NUMBER OF CRASHES DUE TO
DEVICE HAS GONE UP FROM
407 IN 2012 TO 678 IN
COMMENT ABOUT ANY
PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT
INTERLOCK. THEY ALSO
DECLINED OUR REQUEST TO
DO AN ON-CAMERA
INTERVIEW. WHILE THERE
LIVES" THIS IS NOT JUNK
DON'T DRIVE. DON'T PUT
ONE
ON YOUR CAR"
HITES BELIEVES THERE HAS
TO BE ANOTHER WAY. A
"AS SOON AS THEY COME OFF
CHANGE THEIR SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT"
(JASON)
DISTRACTED DRIVING WITH
THE DEVICE IS OBVOUSLY A
HUGE CONCERN. 10 ON YOUR
SIDE ASKED VASAP ABOUT
THE ISSUES AND WERE TOLD
THEY WOULD NOT COMMENT
ON ANY PERSONAL STORIES
ABOUT INTERLOCK. THEY
ALSO DECLINED OUR REQUEST
TO DO AN ON-CAMERA
INTERVIEW.
JASON MARKS 10 ON YOUR
SIDE