the wheel of a car. However, officials report that a typical person would have to consume three beverages an hour to achieve a BAC of .08, and, MADD reports evidence that a BAC as low as .02 can actually impair driving ability, “Even at blood alcohol concentrations (BAC’s) as low as 0.02 percent, alcohol affects driver performance by reducing reaction time and slowing the decision making process. For all groups of drivers, fatal crash involvement per miles driven increases ninefold at BAC’s of 0.05 to 0.09 percent,” (Zador 302).
Many individuals complaint that lowering the BAC will not affect drunk driving fatality statistics, but the facts do not support this argument. Those opposed to the lowering of the BAC to 0.08% feel that it will not cause any significant decrease in the number of drunk d
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