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Booze no, guns yes

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Booze no, guns yes

Updated May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states reduce the allowable alcohol concentration for automobile drivers by more than a third, to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent (“Safety board considers lowering of legal limit for drunken driving,” Tribune, May 15). There are about 10,000 alcohol-related traffic deaths in the United States each year. Meanwhile, the annual number of firearm-related deaths in the U.S. is around 30,000. There’s an appetite for keeping me from having m...

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Drinking drivers

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:32 MDT

Drinking drivers

Updated May 18, 2013 06:34PM MDT

Despite an avowed aversion to anything coming from the federal government, Utah legislators seemed eager this past week to consider adopting the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving blood-alcohol thresholds. Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, who is the Utah Legislature’s leader in setting state liquor policy, said he and his colleagues will closely consider the NTSB’s support for prohibiting driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above 0.05...

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Short takes on the news

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:32 MDT

Short takes on the news

Updated May 18, 2013 06:34PM MDT

Looking forward • The Utah Transit Authority’s decision to spend more than $2 million of taxpayer money on parking garages near the Jordan Valley TRAX station seems like a waste of money, since only a handful of the 1,200 stalls are occupied on a normal day. UTA officials say the agency built the structures at a cost of $15.5 million — of which the federal government paid $9.3 million and developers will pick up another $3.9 million — with an eye toward parking needs in 2030. In the meantime, la...

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Utah senator considers cutting state’s drunk driving threshold

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:02:07 MDT

Utah senator considers cutting state’s drunk driving threshold

By dawn house and Steve Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 10:02AM MDT

The Utah senator who takes the lead in setting state liquor policy on Wednesday said lawmakers will closely consider the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving thresholds. Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, said they will look for guidance from European nations that have seen fatalities decline after prohibiting driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above 0.05 — more than a third lower than the U.S. standard of 0.08. “I’m still in the investi...

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Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:10:22 MDT

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

By PETER SVENSSON The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 07:10PM MDT

New York • The country’s four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T’s “It Can Wait” slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multimillion-dollar ad campaign. The campaign is unusual not just because it unites rivals, but because it represents companies warning against the dangers of their own produc...

Safety board considers lowering limit for drunk driving to 0.05

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:26 MDT

Safety board considers lowering limit for drunk driving to 0.05

By MATTHEW L. WALD New York Times News Service

Updated May 15, 2013 12:31PM MDT

Thousands of people are killed or injured every year by drivers who have been drinking but are not legally drunk and have a reduced ability to see, make decisions or operate a vehicle, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board met to consider recommending that the states reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration by more than a third, to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent, the national standard that was established a decade ago at the instigation of Congress. The 0.05 pe...

Helton pleads guilty to driving while impaired

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:05:13 MDT

Helton pleads guilty to driving while impaired

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 12:05AM MDT

Denver • Rockies first baseman Todd Helton has been sentenced to a year of probation and 24 hours of community service after pleading guilty to driving while ability-impaired. The Denver Post reports Helton entered his plea Tuesday in an Adams County courtroom in the northeast Denver suburb of Brighton. Helton was arrested Feb. 6 in suburban Thornton. Police said he told officers he had had two cups of wine. He issued a public apology later that day and again two weeks later when Spring Tra...

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Booze no, guns yes

Booze no, guns yes

Updated May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT

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Drinking drivers

Drinking drivers

Updated May 18, 2013 06:34PM MDT

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Short takes on the news

Short takes on the news

Updated May 18, 2013 06:34PM MDT

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Utah senator considers cutting state’s drunk driving threshold

Utah senator considers cutting state’s drunk driving threshold

Updated May 16, 2013 10:02AM MDT

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Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Updated May 14, 2013 07:10PM MDT

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Safety board considers lowering limit for drunk driving to 0.05

Safety board considers lowering limit for drunk driving to 0.05

Updated May 15, 2013 12:31PM MDT

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Helton pleads guilty to driving while impaired

Helton pleads guilty to driving while impaired

Updated May 8, 2013 12:05AM MDT

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