Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 11:59 am
The National Transportation Safety Board voted Tuesday to recommend that all 50 states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for drivers from 0.08 to 0.05.
Drunken driving claims the lives of more than a third of the people killed each year on U.S. highways, according to the NTSB.
The NTSB's report, "Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-Impaired Driving" describes the scope of the problem and includes safety recommendations to address impaired driving.
Currently, the legal limit for drunk driving is a blood alcohol content of .08.
The report says the decrease could save 500 to 800 lives a year. The death rate has remained consistent for the past decade and a half.
Canada and most European countries' limits are already at .05 or lower.
The Associated Press contributed this report.
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