Chicago DUI lawyer comments on opting out of the Ignition Interlock Device program

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here, here, and here about the MDDP. Now as money gets tighter and tighter more and more people are opting out of the program.

From Twitter:

Sec. of State envisioned MDDP would be a success-- Surprisingly it has been an abysmal failure! http://bit.ly/SJaJt2:46 PM Oct 22nd, 2009 from TweetDeck

A few months ago I was moderating a panel at the Illinois State Bar Association's Solo and Small Firm Conference. One of the panelists, Marc Loro from the Secretary of State's office, made the above tweeted statement. Now, I have clients opting out of the program based solely on the expense.

There were also practitioners at the conference who said the same thing during the comments and questions portion of the panel. So as the economic penalties of a DUI arrest increase it's getting harder and harder to have the accused take on anything else financially. Many are just doing without.