MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) – A part of Governor Evers’ proposed budget aims to keep drunk drivers off the roads.
A proposal in the spending plan will require anyone cited or convicted of drunk driving to have an ignition interlock device installed in their car, even if it’s a first offense. The devices won’t allow a vehicle to start unless the driver passes a breathalyzer test.
Thirty states and Washington, D.C. require all offenders to install the device, but Wisconsin doesn’t.
In the last budget session, Racine Republican Senator Van Wanggaard introduced a measure mandating many convicted of OWI to only drive vehicles equipped with the device.
Opposition from the Wisconsin Tavern League kept that proposal from passing.
