Since the beginning of the year, the State of Illinois has followed several other states (like the lemmings they are) into the requirement of BAID devices (breathalyzer to start your car).  Seemed like a great idea, unless you thought about it for about two seconds.

A friend of mine likes to create “BAID Horror Stories” for example.

A battered wife escapes the drunken rage of her husband.  Because he is a drunk the family vehicle has a BAID device in it.  One night, in an evening filled with a lot of beer and a lot of yelling, the drunk husband begins to attack his wife with a shovel.  She makes it out the front door, and she makes it to the car, as he approached with the shovel … she tries to start the car.  Of course she can’t because she’s been drinking and the BAID device prevents the car from starting, sothe drunk husband finishes the shovel execution. 

or.

After a day of ice fishing and drinking a group of guys are heading to the shore.  Turns out Billy drove all of the guys out to the lake, and he has a BAID device in his car because of a recent DUI.  Billy while walking on the ice falls through (the only guy who didn’t drink that day).  Joe hops in the car to start it.  Because Joe has been drinking the BAID  device prevents the car from starting …. Billy dies of hypothermia.

Go ahead … make up your own BAID horror stories.

Ray Flavin