Tennessee State House Representative Will Push For Lower DUI Threshold

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published May 16, 2013 at 4:50 PM EDT

This week, the National Transportation and Safety Board recommended that states lower the DUI threshold from point 0.08 to 0.05. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that that’s a standard for more than a hundred countries and next year, State Representative Jeremy Faison of Cosby says he’ll file legislation to lower the legal standard in Tennessee to 0.05. Faison is vice chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee and says Tennessee was among the last states to lower the DUI standard from 0.1 to 0.08.

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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