‘Trib Talk’: Navigating Utah’s new 0.05 DUI law

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Daud Eftin, and Trooper Kelley Jensen, give a field sobriety test, during the Highway Patrol DUI Blitz on New Year's Eve. The subject was released after passing the test. Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.On Sunday, Utah became the first state in the nation to lower its drunk-driving limit to a blood alcohol content level of 0.05 percent or higher.

The change, endorsed by the National Transportation Safety Board, is intended to discourage drunk driving at any level of intoxication. But critics argue the strict law targets responsible drinkers while doing little to prevent DUI fatalities, most of which are the result of drivers who are well in…