On Monday Mothers Mothers Against Drunk Driving came out with its ranking of the states and their efforts to combat drunken driving. Minnesota didn't do so hot.
The organization said the state needs to pass laws to allow for sobriety checkpoints and require ignition interlocks for all convicted offenders with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent or higher.
"An all-offender ignition interlock law and sobriety checkpoints will give law enforcement the tools needed to cut drunk driving fatalities," the organization said in giving the state 2 out of 5 stars.
MADD also gave two stars to Wisconsin because the state can't force a driver suspected of a first drunken-driving offense to provide a blood sample. Wisconsin classifies a first offense as a traffic case, not a crime.
The group wants Wisconsin to expand its uses of devices that prevent an intoxicated driver from starting a car, such as an ignition-interlock device.
MADD also gave a 2 to Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. Only Montana and Rhode Island was rated lower.
States that earned the top scores of five include Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missoui, Nebraska, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
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