Utah now has the strictest drunken driving limit in the nation. Here are 9 things to know about the new state law.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) UHP trooper Joseph Osmond gives a field sobriety test to a driver on I-15.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) UHP trooper Joseph Osmond gives a field sobriety test to a driver on I-15.

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