Ignition-interlock devices are the best punishment for drunken drivers. - By LaDoris Cordell - Slate Magazine

Growing up in a household and family affected by alcoholism, having lost a schoolmate in high school to a drunk driver, and having been the middle car in a rear-end sandwich thanks to a drunk driver, I have strong feelings about this.

Ignition-interlock devices are the best punishment for drunken drivers. - By LaDoris Cordell - Slate Magazine:

Ordering convicted drunken drivers to install these devices seems to me a matter of common sense and basic safety. But in fact, the matter proved far more complicated. The California courts may soon require judges to follow my lead on ignition-interlock sentencing. But it has taken more than 20 years and new legislation, which is on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk awaiting his signature. Why has it taken so long? And why do we need a law mandating such an obvious safety measure when judges could put it into effect themselves?