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  2. Will Cutting the BAC Limit to .05 Really Make Our Roads Safer?

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    In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980 ...

  3. Drunk driving in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.

  4. National Minimum Drinking Age Act - Wikipedia

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    The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (23 U.S.C. § 158) was passed by the United States Congress and was later signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984.

  5. Graduated driver licensing - Wikipedia

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    The permissible blood alcohol limit for fully licensed drivers of legal drinking age, which is 18, is anything below 0.05%. Moderate sanctions are imposed on drivers who have a BAC between 0.05 and 0.08, such as a three day suspension of your licence, and your vehicle can be impounded for three days with more severe sanctions for repeat offenders.

  6. Washington pushes to join Utah as second state to lower legal ...

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    According to the National Institute of Health, 91 countries have adopted this limit, with 54 other nations somewhere between .06 and 0.12. Utah lowered i Washington pushes to join Utah as second ...

  7. Drunk driving law by country - Wikipedia

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    Map of Europe showing countries' blood alcohol limits as defined in g/dl for the general population. Colour might be inaccurate for Cyprus in 2019. Note: Zero usually means below detection limit. Albania: 0.01% [81] Andorra: 0.05%; Austria: 0.05% [3] 0.01% for drivers who have held a license for less than two years and drivers of vehicles over ...

  8. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...

  9. Alcohol laws of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania's maximum blood alcohol level for driving is 0.08% for persons at or over the age of 21, [28] [29] and 0.04% for a person operating a commercial vehicle (0.02% for a school bus) with one-year suspension of the license for the first offense.