Study: Fewer crashes after Utah set strictest DUI law in US

FILE — In this March 17, 2017, file photo, Ed Staley, left, and Tali Bruce, right, attend a rally concerning the DUI threshold at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Car crashes and traffic deaths decreased in Utah the after state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation. A study published, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests Utah's roads became safer after the state lower the drunken driving threshold to .05% blood-alcohol content. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)