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Poll: Raising BAC Levels
Posted: 02.14.2013 at 1:25 PM
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Poll: Raising BAC Levels

Several groups including Michigan State Police and Michigan's Mothers Against Drunk Driving are urging lawmakers to maintain the state's 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content driving threshold.

Michigan's House Criminal Justice Committee took up a package of bills Wednesday that would keep the limit at 0.08 percent. It is scheduled to rise to 0.10 percent in October.

State police Legislative Liaison Dwayne Gill says studies show 0.08 laws contribute to a reduction in alcohol-related deaths.

Sherry McGee of Mothers Against Drunk Driving says a person's critical driving skills become impaired when they reach the 0.08 percent threshold.

If the bill isn't passed, Michigan could lose $50 million in federal funding for violating federal safety standards.

Republican Andrea La Fontaine of Columbus Township who sponsored one of the bills called it "common sense."

Tonight in the Daily Pulse we're wondering: Do you support raising the state's 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content driving threshold to 0.10 percent? Yes or no? Why or why not?

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Poll: Raising BAC Levels
Do you support raising the state's 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content driving threshold to 0.10 percent?
Why or why not?

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