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Mixed Reaction in Georgia to Calls for Lower DUI Limit

There’s mixed reaction in Georgia to a proposal from a federal agency’s call for states to lower their blood-alcohol limits from drivers. The National Transportation and Safety Board made waves with its call for a 0.05 limit, down from the …

Holiday Red Ribbon Campaign Plugs Ohio Road Safety

Law enforcers around Ohio plan more than 9,700 hours of enforcement during the holidays, including 23 sobriety checkpoints statewide. State crash statistics show 410 people were killed in 379 alcohol-related crashes last year, with 27 of those deaths coming between …

Pennsylvania Police Prep for Labor Day Weekend Partiers

“A drunk driver killed someone I love,” reads a sign on the Interstate 80 East exit ramp onto Route 611 in Stroud Township, Pa. It’s the same area where Raymond Gelormini Jr., 49, of Hackettstown, N.J., was killed in March. …

Many Reasons for Drunk Driving Crash Drop in Michigan

Experts say there’s no single reason for the big drop in alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police …