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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lisa Baumann

Washington bill would lower legal blood alcohol level limit

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A bill under consideration in Washington would make it the second state in the country to lower the legal limit for a driver’s blood alcohol content from 0.08% to 0.05%.

State Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, is Senate Bill 5002′s primary sponsor. The former state trooper and former Snohomish County sheriff said this week that of the more than 700 people killed on Washington roads last year, over half were DUI-related.

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