Tougher dui rule approved by congress president clinton is expected to sign the measure on tightening blood-alcohol restrictions to 0.08 percent.
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Congress issued a strong call yesterday for tougher drunken-driving laws, threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal highway funds unless states lower the threshold at which a person is deemed legally drunk. The measure, contained in a $58 billion transportation spending bill that now goes to President Clinton for his expected signature, would slap states with progressively stiffer financial penalties until they lower the drunken-driving standard to a blood-alcohol level Source : nl.newsbank.com |