Federal officials push for lowering DUI limit
A battle broke out quickly over the National Transportation Safety Board's new recommendation that states lower the standard for drunken driving.Full story
National Transportation Safety Board Recommends New Blood Alcohol Threshold
(NBC News) Federal safety officials want to lower the standard for drunk driving.The National Transportation Safety Board voted Tuesday to recommend to states that they lower the blood-alcohol content that constitutes drunk driving from .08 percent to .05.Drunk driving wrecks claim nearly 10,000 l Full story
Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash. Full story
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NTSB calls for new drunk driving definition
The National Transportation Safety Board is advising states to lower the Blood Alcohol Level that defines drunk driving from .08 to .05, which they say is the level at which many drivers’ vision can be affected. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
Drop blood alcohol level to thwart drunk driving?
National Transportation Safety Board recommends .05 blood alcohol threshold for drunk driving. NBC News' Chris Clackum reports.
NTSB: Boeing 787 battery approval ‘must be reconsidered’
National Transportation Safety Board has announced they traced last month’s fire onboard a Boeing 787 in Boston to a single cell in the plane’s battery. NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman also said there are new questions about the certification process that Boeing used to originally approve the battery.
NTSB recommends ignition checks for DUI offenders
Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is the most lethal day to drive, and now the National Transportation Safety Board wants all states to require ignition interlocks installed on the cars of convicted drunk drivers. NBC’s Diana Alvear reports.
NTSB hopeful that cameras may show cause of crash
National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Debbie Hersman tells TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie that there were some forward-facing cameras on the train involved in Thursday’s deadly collision with a parade float in Midland, Texas.
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