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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Scientists call for lowering drunk driving threshold
2018-01-19
[NYPOST] The science is settled.™ Do it for the Children®. WASHINGTON — Most women would need to draw the line at two drinks, and men at two or three if states follow a blueprint by a prestigious scientific panel for eliminating the “entirely preventable” 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year.

The U.S. government-commissioned report by a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine made multiple recommendations, including significantly lowering drunken driving thresholds. It calls for lowering the blood-alcohol concentration threshold from 0.08 to 0.05. All states have 0.08 thresholds. A Utah law passed last year that lowers the state’s threshold to 0.05 doesn’t go into effect until Dec. 30.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Nothing but neo-prohibition.
Posted by: Iblis   2018-01-19 13:57  

#6  A lesson I learned in graduate school:
Don't drink and derive!
Posted by: SKIDMARK   2018-01-19 12:15  

#5  OK, but how much pot can I smoke?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-01-19 10:37  

#4  MADD to blow a major gasket in 3... 2... 1...
Posted by: Raj   2018-01-19 10:12  

#3  Drunks Call for Raising the Threshold for Being Called a Scientist.
Posted by: Shinenter Omeater6352   2018-01-19 09:05  

#2  ...Oh, CLEARLY necessary, as DUI fatalities have dropped by 51% since 1982...which means that as enforcement seems to be working, fewer people are being cited for DUI.

Which means less money in the civic coffers.

(Don't laugh - wait till you see what they'll do when driverless cars become commonplace.)

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-01-19 08:34  

#1  Sponsored by Uber and Lyft
Posted by: Frank G   2018-01-19 07:20  

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