[REGIONAL NEWS] California could adopt strictest drunken driving limit in nation, taking a cue from Utah

By Andrew Sheeler | Sacramento Bee

It could soon be a lot easier to be busted for drinking and driving.

California Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Marina Del Rey, has introduced a bill that would nearly halve the maximum allowed blood alcohol content for driving, from .08 to .05.

Assembly Bill 1713 is in line with a 2013 National Transportation Safety Board recommendation. That recommendation is no longer available online, but a Business Insider article on the report quoted the NTSB as saying “levels higher than .05 are viewed by respected traffic safety and public health organizations around the world as posing unacceptable risk for driving.”

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