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chemgear · 05-14-2013, 10:45 AM

Interesting. Discussion to follow or not in Canada?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/us/nts...hol/index.html

A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally drunk -- the 0.08 blood-alcohol content rate -- should be lowered in an effort to reduce alcohol-related car crashes that claim about 10,000 lives each year, U.S. safety officials said on Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that all 50 states lower the threshold to 0.05. The idea is part of a safety board initiative to eliminate drunk driving, which accounts for about a third of all road deaths.

05-14-2013, 10:45 AM	#1
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	U.S. safety board proposes tougher drunk-driving threshold (0.08 to 0.05) Interesting. Discussion to follow or not in Canada? http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/us/nts...hol/index.html A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally drunk -- the 0.08 blood-alcohol content rate -- should be lowered in an effort to reduce alcohol-related car crashes that claim about 10,000 lives each year, U.S. safety officials said on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that all 50 states lower the threshold to 0.05. The idea is part of a safety board initiative to eliminate drunk driving, which accounts for about a third of all road deaths.