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Stiffer penalties are now finally paying off

Source: Canada.com, Nov 24 2012, 1:36pm CST

It can really only be viewed as outstanding news. This week, the provincial government announced that 104 fewer people have died as a result of alcohol-related crashes since the launch of the immediate roadside p ...

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Proposal to lower DUI limit is facing a long road

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |   May 19 2013, 11:19pm CDT

The National Transportation Safety Board made its recommendation last week: Lower the blood alcohol concentration level for drunken driving nationwide. But when -- or if -- a 0.05 BAC becomes the new 0.08 remains to be seen. "I'm sure it' ...

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Should They Lower The DWI Limit?

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   May 19 2013, 2:36pm CDT

The National Transportation Boardrecently urged New York and other states to lower the legal definition of driving while intoxicated to a blood-alcohol level (BAC) of .05% from the now standard .08%. The saftey board issued the recommendat ...

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Auto Outlook: Is the driving boom over; domestic cars quality up

Source: iStockAnalyst  |   May 19 2013, 8:00am CDT

Cost may slow development of connected cars U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says advanced technology connecting vehicles on the road will save lives, but he's concerned about the cost. "We know ...

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Safety board says lower DUI limit will reduce fatal crashes

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   May 18 2013, 3:54pm CDT

According to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics show that there were 894 fatal car accidents in Alabama in 2011. Of those crashes, 309 were alcohol-related. In 83 percent of the alcohol-related crashes, a ...

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The .05% Solution

Source: Simple Justice  |   May 18 2013, 7:02am CDT

It started at .10%. Then it was .08%. Now, the National Transportation Safety Board wants to reduce it to .05% blood alcohol content to create a per se crime of drunk driving. And it comes with a plethora of ideas, including steering wheels that c ...

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OUI laws can only do so much to protect us

Source: Lowell Sun Online  |   May 18 2013, 6:06am CDT

behind the wheel. Sometimes you read something so outrageous, you don't whether to laugh, cry or scream. Such was the case Thursday when reading The Sun's account of a Billerica man's12th drunken-driving arrest. The latest litany of charges again ...

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Drunk Driving: NTSB Proposes New National BAC Standard

Source: FindLaw: Essential Attorney Blogs  |   May 17 2013, 11:54pm CDT

Despite aggressive law enforcement efforts and dedicated advocacy from organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), drunk driving remains one of the most dangerous causes of fatal car accidents in Illinois and the rest of the nation. ...

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Lifetime driving ban lifted for woman

Source: Toledo Blade  |   May 17 2013, 11:49pm CDT

PORT CLINTON — After Terri Camp Kruse killed a 14-year-old boy in a drunken-driving crash in 1993, she was sent to prison for 10 years and banned from driving ever again. Kruse, 48, of Woodville was convict ...

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Roadshow: Should DUI blood alcohol level be lowered to .05%?

Source: Contra Costa Times  |   May 17 2013, 7:53pm CDT

son, Ben, is also paying a lifelong price for driving when he was drunk at age 25. He's spending the rest of his life as a quadriplegic because of his choice to get behind the wheel when he was drunk. Please ...

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Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

Source: Sify  |   May 17 2013, 1:26pm CDT

NTSB officials said it wasn't their intention to prevent drivers from having a glass of wine with dinner, but they acknowledged that under a threshold as low as 0.05 the safest thing for people who have only one or two drinks is not to dr ...

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