[Opinion] American opinion: DWI interlock legislation would be effective against repeat DWIs

American opinion: DWI interlock legislation would be effective against repeat DWIs

It's a story that repeats itself far too often: A drunk driver seriously injures or kills one or more people. Often the impaired driver has one or more DWI arrests on their record. Now some state lawmakers are proposing legislation to beef up drunken-driving penalties for repeat offenders. The legislation is in response to last year's deadly crash at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park . A drunken driver with five previous DWI offenses in Minnesota dr…