Early this year I posted about an ad that the American Beverage Institute ran that compared Utah's new 0.05% DUI Law to driving while elderly. The ad featured many of the Utah government officials who voted to pass Utah's new 0.05% BAC limit. The American Beverage Institute isn't stopping there and has once again returned to Utah's Capitol Hill to make a case for the new law's repeal. [...]

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The Utah Substance Abuse Advisory Council is investigating a tiered system of penalties for Utah drivers that are arrested for drunk driving under the upcoming 0.05% BAC Law, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The group has spent months studying to see if lighter penalties for those convicted of DUI between the 0.05% and 0.08% BAC would be effective. The study found that giving these [...]

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The American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems gave praise to Utah governor Gary Herbert recently for his signing of the new bill to lower the legal BAC level from 0.08% to 0.05%. "The standard in most if not all states is .08," says ACAAP president Rob Chambers. "What's interesting is that for those with a commercial driver's license the blood alcohol level is .04, but [this] will lower [...]

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According to Wikipedia: "Auto-brewery syndrome, also known as gut fermentation syndrome, is a rare medical condition in which intoxicating quantities of ethanol are produced through endogenous fermentation within the digestive system. The effects of the disease can have profound effects on everyday life. As well, the recurring side effects of excessive belching, dizziness, dry mouth, [...]

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Utah Representative Karen Kwan is working on a bill aimed at changing or repealing the new 0.05% DUI Law that will go into affect at the beginning of next year. Rep. Kwan is also a part of the legislatures transportation committee and is part of a group of law makers that are reviewing the new 0.05% DUI Law.   She and her group are looking at the new law and assessing what changes [...]

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Recently the founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), Candace Lightner took to the Salt Lake Tribune to write an op-ed piece about why she is against Utah's upcoming DUI law to lower the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) to 0.05%. In her article she brings up new concerns such as distracted driving and driving while high on prescription drugs and legal marijuana in Tooele, Salt Lake City, [...]

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There is a new ad running right now put out by the American Beverage Institute that compares Utah's new 0.05% DUI law to driving while old. The ad is based off some research done by the National Highway Traffic Administration that claims that drivers that are older than 65 are more impaired and less competent to operate a motor vehicle than someone with the (BAC) Blood alcohol content of 0.05%.[...]

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There might be a chance for first time DUI offenders in Utah to have a "second chance". There is a law that was just recently passed in Texas where DWI and DUI offenders can have their conviction sealed from the view of the public. This law mostly applies to first time DWI and DUI offenders who have a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.140% or less. It also only applies drivers that were not [...]

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