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Utah lawmakers conjure new and stricter liquor laws while drunk driving continues unabated.
Utah clocks 12,000 DUI arrests each year—that's 1,000 each month.
Miss: Driving Drunk So Utah, how's the draconian DUI limit working for you? A blood alcohol content (BAC) limit of 0.05% was supposed to scare everyone straight and keep people from drinking and driving. Pause now to laugh hysterically. It's not just that the law makes no difference, but rather that lawmakers seem to think they can pray away the drunks.
This past week saw the arrest of a 61-year-old man who killed a 41-year-old pedestrian. The driver had 114 prior arrests, 53 convictions and a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit.
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