The first day of Utah’s stricter new DUI law was not too different than the year before in terms of drunk-driving arrests, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
Eight drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the 24 hours of Dec. 30, Col. Michael Rapich of the UHP and deputy commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety said Monday.
What’s more, Rapich said, all eight blood-alcohol levels registered above 0.08 percent, the previous measure for impairment. A new law, enacted in early 2018 by the Utah Legislature, drops the BAC limit to 0.