Hot dog, tube steak, haggis, chorizo, kielbasa, bangers, bratwurst, saucisson—it’s all sausage to me. A little mystery meat, a little filler, add some spice, grind and squeeze it into a tube and there you go! It has been said that children should not see how sausage is made. Same goes for laws. Consider recent changes to the New Jersey driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) law, adopted by the legislature and awaiting the governor’s approval.
The proposed law centers upon expanded use of BAIIDs or “breath alcohol interlock ignition devices.” BAIIDs are portable breath-test machines that, when installed in motor vehicles, require less than .05 percent blood-alcohol content breath samples, before vehicle operation is possible. Interestingly enough, they are and have been a part of our statutory scheme when drivers are convicted of driving while intoxicated. The new legislation however, radically changes how they will be used in DWI cases.
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