Letter: DUI change will have many detrimental consequences; it should be repealed
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Buck questions a driver about his erratic and dangerous driving while exiting the interstate in October 2014.
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The Utah Legislature passed bill HB155, which lowers the alcohol level for DUI arrests. This will target women, who typically weigh less than men, and women who do not have the means to pay fines that vary between $1,700 and $10,000. Many women will be jailed, leaving children to be placed in foster homes or with relatives. In addition, jail time may mean losing a job or making it harder to find work in the future.
Restaurants will lose customers, and tourists will avoid coming to Utah.
If this is about saving lives, why not arrest speeders and distracted drivers? In my opinion, this law should be repealed.
Katherine Wallace, Salt Lake City
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