According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, “a new DUI law, the “All Offender Law,” goes into effect May 19, 2024. This law will require all drivers convicted of driving under the influence (DUI), regardless of their Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), to participate in the Ignition Interlock Device (I.I.D.) program.”
The intent and purpose of the I.I.D. program is to protect the public by requiring drivers who have committed alcohol-related driving offenses to have a Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device installed in any vehicle they drive. The Program allows such individuals to drive legally while preventing them from driving when they have been drinking alcohol.”
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the South Carolina Department of Probation, Pardon, and Parole Services (SCDPPPS) held a press conference in Columbia, SC May 17th announcing the legislation and its enforcement. Also present were the parents of a 6-year-old girl who was killed in a car accident that involved a drunk driver over a decade ago while going to church with her family. She would have been 19 years old this month.
