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For the first time, Mothers Against Drunk Driving took a position Thursday in favor of lowering a state’s blood alcohol content law, supporting a new Michigan bill that would set the impairment level at .05 BAC. “Research shows that critical driving skills are impaired at .05 BAC, significantly increasing the risk of a horrible, 100 percent preventable crash,” said MADD National President Helen Witty. Only one state, Utah, has implemented a .05 BAC threshold, but California, Oregon and New York are considering doing the same. The American Beverage Institute accused MADD of going after “those who enjoy a drink or two over dinner” and “capitulat[ing] to the pressures of anti-alcohol activists.”
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