MADD Urges Walker to Veto Drunken Driving Sobriety Proposal

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is urging Governor Scott Walker to veto a bill that would allow judges to place offenders in a sobriety testing program in lieu of using ignition interlocks. 

Wisconsin law requires a judge to order people who improperly refuse breath tests and certain repeat drunken drivers to use interlock devices.  The bill allows a judge to place offenders who otherwise would have to use an interlock device to participate in a sobriety program that requires at least twice-daily sobriety tests. 

Both the Senate and Assembly passed the bill on voice votes.  But MADD National President Colleen Sheehy-Church sent Walker a letter Thursday seeking a veto.  She wrote that MADD opposes making ignition locks optional. 

A spokeswoman for Walker said the governor is reviewing the bill.