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Friday, December 28, 2018

Utah First In The Nation To Lower Its DUI Limit To .05 Percent

In 1983, Utah was the first state to lower its blood alcohol limit from 0.10 to 0.08 for impaired driving. It would take nearly two decades for every state to follow suit, but as they did, the nation's rate of alcohol-related traffic deaths dropped 10 percent. Now, Utah is pioneering the move to lower it once again.

Beginning Dec. 30 — yes, the day before New Year's Eve — Utahns will have to be extra careful about drinking and driving. On Sunday, the state's blood alcohol content limit will drop from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent, marking the strictest DUI law in the country.

To give you an idea of the difference in consumption, for a man weighing 180 pounds, it takes about four drinks to reach a BAC of 0.08 percent, according to the American Beverage Institute. But to reach .05, it's about half as many drinks and can be even fewer for women.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well.. beer in Utah is only 3.2% by law. I can't imagine how many beers you have to have to actually get drunk.

With this law.. you could still have roughly 4 of their girly beers to hit .05.

How horrible... you'd spend most of the night using the loo just to get a buzz on....

Anonymous said...

No surprise.
The same mentality that moved smokers to (1.)Just a designated area of the restaurant; then (2.) Just at the bar; then (3.) Only outside; then (4.) Banned smoking altogether, are the same people doing this.
I predict that in less than ten years legislation will be passed allowing ZERO alcohol in your system when driving.
Why?
It's simple:
If a politician doesn't pass any strict law on alcohol that is presented to them by these groups, then they are deemed "FOR drunk driving".
No politician would want that designation.

Anonymous said...

Local Municipalities need revenue. Typically Morman's do not drink.

Anonymous said...

Light em up. No rules on pot

Anonymous said...

GOOD. It's all a scam by cops lawyers and judges. But your gonna have the ones who are holier than thou gonna cry. It's safety. Protect the children BULLSHIT. MSP are the worst. Bunch of UNEDUCATED Yahoo's.

Anonymous said...

Slowly inching toward prohibition.

Anonymous said...

All libs should not be allowed to drink this way they don't have to be concerned about us Republicans.

Anonymous said...

Yet.