"LANSING, MI — Michigan is strengthening laws designed to discourage drunk individuals from driving boats and other watercraft, snowmobiles or off-road vehicles.
Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed bipartisan legislation reducing the maximum blood alcohol content level for those operators from .10 to .08, matching the current limit for automobiles.
“It is vital to keep our waterways and other recreational areas safe for all Michiganders,” Snyder said in a statement.
“This is common-sense legislation.
We want people to operate all vehicles responsibly without harming themselves or others.”
.....The tougher laws “will save lives,” said Rep. Matt Lori, R-Constandine, earlier this month after the House unanimously approved his drunken boating bills."
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