This Chicago DUI lawyer has a confession. I don't have a television. Like many, I've been catching up on the hit TV show Mad Men on DVD. The other night, I was watching past episodes from Season 2 of the award winning show when Don Draper, the protagonist on Mad Men, was charged with a DUI. Back in 1962 the legal BAC was .15. Yes you read that right, almost twice the legal limit of BAC today which is .08. So when did we go from .15 to .08? I've posted here and here about the MADD march to make alcohol consumption illegal.
- Established a .15 percent BAC limit at which a driver is presumed to be under the influence of alcohol
Effective Jan. 1, 1967
- Lowered the illegal BAC limit from .15 to .10 percent.
Effective July 2, 1997
- Lowered the BAC limit at which a driver is considered to be under the influence of alcohol from .10 to .08.
How long before MADD is successful in its alcohol prohibition campaign and Zero Tolerance policy before a driver is considered to be under the influence of alcohol?
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