Drunk Driver Repeat.. Bill

H.R. 2129: Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Act of 2011.

Co-sponsered by Bob Filner (D- CA51)

Progess: has so far been referred to a committee

Questions:

1.) How hard would it be to get all states to enforce this law.. (especially S. Carolina considering their difficulty with the other law from before on drunk driving)?

2.) Is there any way that Drunk Driving offences will result in jail time?  I'm not sure i feel as if its only hefty fines.

3.) Are there any other "repeat offence" laws that are more serious than this one.. are there similar consequences?

4.) What could the govt. take away besides highway funding, to demonstrate an unfunded mandate privelage taken away?

Facts/Details:

1.) This is basically a law which is going to be proposed to prevent future offenses of previously cited drunk drivers.

2.) The idea of giving repeat offenders a more severe punishment is a good idea but may prove hard to offend.  Basically the bill is saying (as an amend to the previous version) that any repeat offender of driving under the influence will have a breathalize like machine on their vehicle to measure BAC level and determine whether the car will start to let the person drive. 

3.) Honestly, i thought this already existed because i heard of someone else having to use one of these and i thought it was rather funny.  Some negative parts to this bill could be the issue of privacy, but that would be quickly negated by the arguement that no one should be allowed to drive under the influence.

4.)  Next is the fact that the device could be too noticable and show others that the person was a past DUI offender, which could also be a violation of privacy. 

5.) The repeat offense Bill is a  solid way to keep these people who continue to make this mistake off the road. So far the bill has been refferred to the Committee Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Highway and Transit; this was back in June 2011.

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2129/show