Article updated: 5/14/2013 2:00 PM

Tougher drunken driving threshold weighed

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National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman, seen here at a news conference on Feb. 7, said recently "Alcohol-impaired deaths are not accidents, they are crimes. They can and should be prevented. The tools exist. What is needed is the will."

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Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.