Utah made the right move adopting 0.05 BAC

Published April 9, 2018 9:04pm ET



Alcohol-impaired driving is the largest single contributor to traffic fatalities in the U.S. On average, a drunken driver kills one person every 49 minutes and injures someone else every 90 seconds.

Drunken driving fatalities, which make up about 30 percent of all traffic fatalities, have also risen two years in a row. To stop this deadly trend, the common-sense and responsible approach is to employ data-driven solutions that reduce drunken driving crashes.

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