Ugh! I hated to upvote for all those expenses, but that was a great documentation of the actual costs involved. The real eye-opener for everyone should be that sadly the majority of those costs are collateral consequences that are added on so that various for-profit companies can all get a little piece of the pie.
Ignition interlock is the biggest scam of a for-profit company I have ever seen. My ex-fiance had to get one in Florida. The place to have it installed was about 50 miles from our house. They told her she had to drive the car there herself and present her valid driver's license to get it installed. Not really thinking about it, I drove her over there. They were about to turn her away because she wasn't driving, yet her probation condition says she can't drive without one installed. They did overlook it after some pleading, but then asked for her driver's license. All she had was a state ID card because she couldn't get a valid driver's license until she had the interlock installed. She ended up never getting it installed. Funny story though, we moved to a different state a few months later and the court order for the interlock didn't follow her. She was able to get a driver's license free and clear. Ironically, when we broke up she moved back to Florida and because she had a valid driver's license from another state she walked right in and got a Florida driver's license.
But I would say the worse part for you was the job loss. While the expenses are high, losing a job is a much greater loss in my opinion. I don't understand the travel portion for some non-violent felonies. I had a similar clause, ended up costing me a couple thousand in attorney fees to get them to let me travel to a different county in the same state for an overnight work meeting. It is completely out of hand in my opinion.
Ignition interlock is the biggest scam of a for-profit company I have ever seen. My ex-fiance had to get one in Florida. The place to have it installed was about 50 miles from our house. They told her she had to drive the car there herself and present her valid driver's license to get it installed. Not really thinking about it, I drove her over there. They were about to turn her away because she wasn't driving, yet her probation condition says she can't drive without one installed. They did overlook it after some pleading, but then asked for her driver's license. All she had was a state ID card because she couldn't get a valid driver's license until she had the interlock installed. She ended up never getting it installed. Funny story though, we moved to a different state a few months later and the court order for the interlock didn't follow her. She was able to get a driver's license free and clear. Ironically, when we broke up she moved back to Florida and because she had a valid driver's license from another state she walked right in and got a Florida driver's license.
But I would say the worse part for you was the job loss. While the expenses are high, losing a job is a much greater loss in my opinion. I don't understand the travel portion for some non-violent felonies. I had a similar clause, ended up costing me a couple thousand in attorney fees to get them to let me travel to a different county in the same state for an overnight work meeting. It is completely out of hand in my opinion.