The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board writes today about the NTSB recommendation to lower the blood alcohol content used to determine drunk driving. A Mothers Against Drunk Driving official says a lower BAC is only part of the fight, especially in Georgia, where ignition-lock legislation needs to be updated. And a transportation analyst writes that a lower threshold won’t necessarily reduce deaths.
Guest columnists
Arrest the problem by Deborah A.P. Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Georgia should seek solutions that work by Baruch Feigenbaum, transportation analyst with the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank.
Update ignition lock law for drunk drivers by Jan Withers, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
