ignition-interlock devices

General Motors Co. has hired Kenneth Feinberg, the nation's most well-known compensation expert, to pay people harmed in crashes caused by faulty ignition switches in older-model small cars. GM says it's trying to do the right thing by making the payments.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Kenneth Feinberg is prepared to pay out billions of General Motors' money to victims of crashes in GM small cars - provided they can prove the cars' ignition switches caused the crash.

I often wonder whether we take driving while intoxicated serious enough given the number of stories we hear about people with multiple DWI convictions who still drive. Back in August, I posted this: Sounds like overreach to me that if you’ve been found guilty for a first DWI, you’d need to have an interlock device installed on your car to enable you to drive it...