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It was wonderful to see the Star- Advertiser urge our lawmakers to take action to ensure safer roads (“Expand programs for safer streets,” Our View, Feb. 24). Too many lives have been lost already.
But there is one measure the editorial did not mention that has proven to result in greater safety on our roads. In fact, it is estimated that the measure in question — lowering the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for alcohol- impaired driving from 0.08 to 0.05 — could save nearly 2,000 lives annually, if it was adopted nationally. Utah has already done so and seen positive results. Six other states are considering similar measures.
Make Hawaii the next state to adopt a 0.05 BAC. Voters will thank lawmakers for adopting Senate Bill 160, a measure that would spare them the indescribable pain of losing loved ones in crashes caused by alcohol-impaired drivers.
Ann Collins
Makawao, Maui
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