Voluntary installation of a vehicle breathalyzer (Illinois)

[duece71]

Would insurance be tough to get and/or expensive in a case like this? Just curious.

[SteyrAUG]

I own a vehicle that I wish to share with another person who struggles with alcoholism. This person cannot be trusted to drive soberly. I know some will simply say that I should not share my vehicle. I get that. That's what I'm currently doing, but it's not working out very well for my current situation.

I am interested in voluntarily installing an ignition interlock device, or IID (I should say having the device installed by a professional) in my car. What kind of cost would I be looking at (vehicle is an 06 RAV4), and does anyone have a recommendation for the Chicagoland area?

So they just get somebody else to blow in the breathalyzer. If you can't trust them, you can't trust them.

[MAUSER202]

I won’t insult your post and just simply say not to do this so here is an answer you don’t want that may help you one way or another.

The quote above says everything you need to know.

You are asking for advice on what is the equivalent of giving Adam Lanza the keys to the gun safe. Interlock or not, if people want to drive, sooner or later they just defeat the interlock, it’s not difficult. Knowingly giving an alcoholic a dangerous weapon could easily find you on the wrong side of a civil action.

I won’t ask details of your situation but obviously your friend needs to get from a to b and not doing so is negatively affecting your life in some way... okay.

1. Sell the vehicle outright
2. Public transportation
3. Treatment

An interlock will not protect you or the car the way you think it will.

I reconstruct fatal crashes involving drunk drivers for a living and put them in prison.

The prices stated so far have all been accurate.

Good luck to you and your friend.

Great advice. I have a family member who was hit by a DD and spent almost 6 months in a hospital and 2 in rehab. Had to sell his business and retire early. The driver circumvented the interlock. Another friend had a child killed getting off a school bus in front of her home. Get this person help, the last thing they need to do is drive.

[jmoore]

As someone who has had an alcoholic in the family - DO NOT let this person drive.
john

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I have arrested many drunks driving with interlock systems, just FYI.

[26 Inf]

I have arrested many drunks driving with interlock systems, just FYI.

I was once driving home from work and saw what I thought was a guy getting a hummer driving down the street. Girl sat up, erratic driving continued, I'm on the phone to 911. By the time the dispatcher got through her rigamarole the guy was turned into his driveway.

I parked in the street, got out and approached, asking 'are you okay sir?' He was obviously impaired, his wife thanked me, told me he was okay, just got too much sun at the lake, and told him to come inside. Unit hadn't got there yet, so I didn't detain (I had retired a year earlier). Apparent what I saw was the wife blowing into the interlock so it wouldn't register as a violation.

A lot of folks don't know that once the car is started, the operator still has to give periodic samples. If the guy is over, the interlock doesn't shut the car down, that would be unsafe in traffic, it just registers the violation.

In this case, I'm sure the wife thought hubby was okay to drive - probably easy to do if your used to someone that runs at .10 all the time. It is also easy for an officer to miss the cues of an alcoholic who maintains a constant buzz, versus a fall-downer.

OP - Don't enable this person. They don't need to drive.