Troubled by persistent drinking and driving deaths in the
Despite federally mandated lower blood alcohol concentration (BAC) requirements across the nation and numerous local, state and federal anti-drunk driving programs, 2003 was the sixth consecutive year with no noticeable progress in reducing alcohol-related crashes and fatalities. And the Feds want to know why.
According to the NHTSA, 17,013 people died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 2003. This means 40 percent of all traffic fatalities were alcohol-related.
The Transportation Department will study existing state and federal anti-drunk driving programs, and will compare drinking and driving problems in states with different enforcement policies, and calculate all the federal resources in use.
