Ignition interlock maker critical of Iowa drunk driving laws (RadioIowa)

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 by O. Kay Henderson

The head of a company that makes devices which prevent drivers who are drunk from starting their vehicles says other states have jumped ahead of Iowa when it comes to making sure habitual drunken drivers cannot drive.

Kevin Doyle is president of Consumer Safety Technology, a business based in Clive that manufactures the “Intoxalock,” a device which requires a driver to blow into a tube to prove they aren’t intoxicated before they can start their vehicle.


“Unfortunately since 1988 Iowa has fallen far, far, far behind in the management of OWIs,” he says.  OWI stands for “Operation While Intoxicated.”

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