Sec. 2021. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LEVELS AND DANGERS OF ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING

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## SEC. 2021 SENSE OF THE CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LEVELS AND DANGERS OF ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING ###

(a)Findings Congress finds that— ####

(1)in 2003— #####

(A)17,013 Americans died in alcohol-related traffic crashes; #####

(B)40 percent of the persons killed in traffic crashes died in alcohol-related crashes; and #####

(C)drivers with blood alcohol concentration levels over 0.15 were involved in 58 percent of alcohol-related traffic fatalities; ####

(2)research shows that 77 percent of Americans think they have received enough information about alcohol-impaired driving and the way in which alcohol affects individual blood alcohol levels; and ####

(3)only 28 percent of the American public can correctly identify the legal limit of blood alcohol concentration of the State in which they reside. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should work with State and local governments and independent organizations to increase public awareness of— ####

(1)State legal limits on blood alcohol concentration levels; and ####

(2)the dangers of alcohol-impaired driving.