Table 2-26: Number of States with Different Types of Anti-DUI / DWI Legislation
in Effect as of January 1 of the Listed Year
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BAC = 0.08 per se lawsa |
2 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
c18 |
c20 |
BAC level 0.02 or less for persons younger than 21 years |
0 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
c28 |
c38 |
c51 |
c51 |
c51 |
c51 |
Administrative license revocation (ALR) for DUI / DWI offendersb
|
c21 |
c27 |
c30 |
c33 |
c38 |
c40 |
c41 |
c41 |
c41 |
c41 |
KEY: BAC = blood alcohol concentration; DUI = driving under the influence;
DWI = driving while intoxicated.
a Per se law makes it illegal in and of itself to drive with an
alcohol concentration measured at or above a certain level.
b States that impose additional thresholds for ALR beyond those
imposed for DUI/DWI are not included in these figures.
c Includes the District of Columbia.
NOTE
National Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act, which standardized the minimum drinking
age at 21, was enacted in 1984.
SOURCES
0.02 BAC and Administrative license revocation:
1986-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Traffic Safety Programs, Research and Evaluation Division, personal
communications, Apr. 9, 1999 and Oct. 4, 1999.
1999-2000: Ibid. Impaired Driving Division, personal communications, May 22,
2000.
2001: Ibid. Setting Limits, Saving Lives (Washington, DC: April 2001),
DOT HS 809-241.
0.08 BAC
1986-2000: Ibid. Presidential Initiative for Making 0.08 BAC the National
Legal Limit, A Progress Report, Internet site
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/limit.08/08progressreport/index.html
as of Aug. 13, 2001.
2001: Ibid. Setting Limits, Saving Lives (Washington, DC: April 2001),
DOT HS 809-241.
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