Esta ley regula cómo deben funcionar los dispositivos que evitan que las personas manejen bajo los efectos del alcohol. Estos dispositivos tienen que ser seguros y fiables, y ayudan a las autoridades a controlar su uso.
Es como un candado que solo se abre si tienes la llave correcta; en este caso, la llave es un nivel seguro de alcohol en tu sangre.
Imagina que Juan fue arrestado por manejar borracho. Ahora, para poder conducir de nuevo, debe instalar un sistema de interlock en su auto que impida el encendido si ha bebido. Este dispositivo también registrará cada intento de encender el auto y enviará reportes a las autoridades.
Va. Code § 18.2-270.2 - Ignition interlock system and remote alcohol monitoring device; certification by Commission on VASAP; regulations; sale or lease; monitoring use; reports. A. The Executive Director of the Commission on VASAP or his designee shall, pursuant to approval by the Commission, certify ignition interlock systems for use in the Commonwealth and adopt regulations and forms for the installation, maintenance and certification of such ignition interlock systems. The regulations adopted shall include requirements that ignition interlock systems: 1. Do not impede the safe operation of the vehicle; 2. Minimize opportunities to be bypassed, circumvented or tampered with, and provide evidence thereof; 3. Correlate accurately with established measures of blood alcohol content and be calibrated according to the manufacturer's specifications; 4. Work accurately and reliably in an unsupervised environment; 5. Have the capability to provide an accurate written measure of blood alcohol content for each ignition, attempted ignition, and rolling retest, and record each attempt to circumvent or tamper with the equipment; 6. Minimize inconvenience to other users; 7. Be manufactured or distributed by an entity responsible for installation, user training, service, and maintenance, and meet the safety and operational requirements promulgated by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration; 8. Operate reliably over the range of motor vehicle environments or motor vehicle manufacturing standards; 9. Be manufactured by an entity which is adequately insured against liability, in an amount established by the Commission, including product liability and installation and maintenance errors; 10. Provide for an electronic log of the driver's experience with the system with
Es un dispositivo que se instala en los vehículos para evitar que se enciendan si el conductor tiene alcohol en su sistema.
La ley exige que estos sistemas sean certificados y que cumplan con estándares de seguridad y funcionamiento establecidos por la Comisión de VASAP.
El dispositivo está diseñado para detectar y registrar cualquier intento de manipulación, lo cual se reportará a las autoridades.
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