Quebec Police Say Cutting Blood-Alcohol Limit to .05 Would Save up to 14 Lives a Year

Quebec Police Say Cutting Blood-Alcohol Limit to .05 Would Save up to 14 Lives a Year
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen at their headquarters in Montreal on Sept. 10, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
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Quebec provincial police estimate that reducing the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year on the province’s roadways.

Those figures are contained in heavily redacted documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access to information request.