Lower legal blood-alcohol content for driving would save lives, study shows

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly 1,800 lives would be saved each year if every state lowered the legal blood alcohol content for driving to .05 percent, according to a new study.
Researchers at the nonpartisan organization NORC at the University of Chicago estimated fatal alcohol-related crashes would drop 11.1 percent at the lower blood alcohol content level based on their analysis of previous national and international studies on drinking and driving.
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