Remove Intoxicated Drivers has signed on with LegiCrawler to receive updates and current status on all DWI related bills on a real-time basis in Florida, Kentucky, New York and Tennessee. LegiCrawler, an on-line service provider of federal and state legislative bills will allow RID to monitor and participate in the process of passing laws which are consistent with our mission statement of making the roads and highways safer for everyone.

RID will have be sent an E-mail alert when any DWI-related bill is introduced in the mentioned four states. Whenever there is any action taken on these bills, RID will be notified as it happens. The entire text of the bill as well as the bill’s sponsors are provided to help RID and its members in those state to determine which bills should be given priority to help assist in its passing into law.

Within the first week of working with LegiCrawler, RID received 20 bills related to DWI issues in FL,KY, NY & TN, including their past history. The bills are graded with a heat index which indicates their progress moving forward or if they are stagnant.

One bill that is of particular interest to RID is Assembly Bill 04369 which lowers the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) level from .08 to .06.  also lowers the aggravated DWI threshold from a BAC of .18 to .14. The bill’s sponsor is Assemblyman Felix Ortiz of Brooklyn. RID has been advocating the lowering the BAC level for a long time. The National Traffic Safety Board conducted a comprehensive study which concluded that 800 lives could be saved annually by lowering the current BAC status. RID plans to actively support the passage of Assemblyman Ortiz’s bill. We are pleased that we now have a mechanism in place that keeps us up to speed on the legislative process and allows RID to engage our members with their elected officials who are trying to do the right thing.