Recently, Utah lowered its Breath Alcohol Content (BAC) to .05. Why is this significant? There was time when the legal limit for alcohol impairment used to be .10, until 1983 when Utah and Oregon lowered theirs to .08. Across the country, .08 was the BAC limit, which was mostly due to a 2004 law that threatened to withhold or rescind federal funding for states that did not adopt a .08 limit. When it comes to money, the federal government and its Constitutional enumerated powe