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Looking around for new weapons to combat impaired driving, states have rediscovered a forgotten ally: the ignition interlock.

And it's not the ignition interlock of the 1980s, with all the concerns about how easy it was to defeat the device.

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This model is kicked-up, high-tech and ready to go.

For decades, drunk driving fatalities steadily decreased every year, as states adopted stricter standards and harsher penalties. But progress has stalled in the last five years, as the percentage of alcohol-related traffic deaths has remained constant, near 40 percent.

Enter the high-tech ignition interlock.

Chuck Hurley, CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) says we need to get serious about drunk driving and that ignition interlocks are the tool of choice for greater progress. With more than 16,000 alcohol-related fatalities every year, drunk driving is "still