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Should states shrink drunken driving threshold?
Posted by Jack Pickell
May 14, 2013 12:32 PM
The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states cut the threshold for a driver's blood alcohol content from .08 to .05 in an effort to reduce alcohol-related highway deaths in the US.
According to an NTSB report, more than 100 countries have adopted a .05 standard or lower.
Would you like to see states lower the drunken driving threshold? Tell us in the survey below and discuss the issue in our comments section.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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