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Washington bill would lower legal blood alcohol level limit

FILE - Washington State Patrol cadet Aleksander Ignatov, left, takes a suspected DUI driver in to custody on Highway 14 in Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 29, 2012. A bill under consideration in Washington state would make it the second state in the country to lower the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol content from 0.08% to 0.05%. Former state trooper and state Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, is sponsoring the bill. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian via AP, File) FILE - House Speaker Pro Tem John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, speaks Jan. 14, 2019, on the opening day of the new session of the Washington Legislature at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. A bill under consideration in Washington state would make it the second state in the country to lower the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol content from 0.08% to 0.05%. Former state trooper and state Sen. Lovick is sponsoring the bill. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Washington bill would lower legal blood alcohol level limit