Drunk Driving.

• Author: Van Doren, Peter
• Position: Working Papers - Report - Brief article

"Are Buzzed Drivers Really the Problem? A Quasi-Experimental Multilevel Assessment of the Involvement of Drivers with Low Blood Alcohol Levels In Fatal Crashes," by Richard J. Stringer. March 2016. Available at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/6b9875_8e07a3cd7e6c 45cdadaf6a34cf4ba4d2.pdf.

In 2013 the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that states lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for Driving Under the Influence from 0.08% to 0.05%. A 2007 article in the Journal of Safety Research, "Effects of Legal BAC Limits on Fatal Crash Involvement: Analyses of 28 States from 1976 through 2002," by A.C. Wagenaar et al., claims that this reduction would save 538 lives, but this paper argues that simple arithmetic indicates that claim is overstated.

In 2012 there were 27,605 fatal...