Utah’s new drunken driving law is paying off

By Gregory Wallace, CNN – February 12, 2022

Deaths and crashes linked to drunken driving dropped almost 20% in Utah, the only state with a lower legal limit of .05, according to a new study.

The conclusions are a piece of encouraging news for highway safety, where the number of deaths rose at the highest rate ever recorded during the pandemic, despite fewer cars on the road, shorter distances driven, and more safety features in new cars.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration study looked at collisions in Utah, where in late 2018, the blood alcohol content legal limit lowered to .05 from .08.

To read more about this encouraging update, follow the link to the original article included below.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/12/us/utah-dui-drunken-driving-law/index.html