from members:
from members:
YES
NO
Robert Ziegler
St. Helens, OR
Lowering the limit
may put a safe legal
driver in jeopardy of
breaking the law.
Patricia Corley
Mesa, AZ
Even one drink can
impair your driving.
Whatever we have
to do to keep our
loved ones safe.
Michelle Harlan
Sylvania, OH
People can socially
drink under an
0.08 level and not
be impaired. Why
should that change?
Gorphine Tomlinson
Coral Springs, FL
Lowering it should
save at least one
innocent life.
Andree Driskell
Fremont, CA
If you’re stopped
because you are
driving illegally,
it doesn’t matter
what your BAC is.
Lowering it will only impact
social interactions.
Scott Allan
Brick, NJ
I am a law enforce-
ment officer. I am
very aware of what
happens to drunken
drivers in accidents
and the victims. I hope this
will help prevent such tragedy.
Find out more about this topic on the Web:
•
www.ntsb.gov (search “Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-Impaired Driving”)
•
www.abionline.org (search “Targeting the wrong drinkers”)
•
www.cdc.gov (search “alcohol and motor vehicle safety”)
•
www.bloodalcoholcalculator.org
■ INFORMEDdebate
EARLIER THIS YEAR, the National Transportation Safety Board
recommended that states lower the blood alcohol content (BAC)
level that qualifies as drunken driving from the current 0.08
percent to 0.05 percent.
Proponents say this will reduce the number of injuries and
fatalities caused by alcohol-related traffic accidents, save money
and bring the U.S. in line with other Western countries where the
legal limit is already 0.05 percent. Critics argue that most alcohol-related road accidents involve BACs of 0.10 percent or more.
Lowering the legal limit to 0.05 percent is a waste of resources,
they add, and wrongly penalizes moderate social drinkers.
What do you think?
Should the DUI
limit be lowered?
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