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Deal calls for tougher alcohol limits for boaters
Governors statement comes after teen killed in accident on Lanier last week
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One day after a 13-year-old Buford teen’s body was recovered from Lake Lanier — the loss attributed to an alcohol-related boating accident — Gov. Nathan Deal called on state lawmakers Thursday to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for boaters and hunters. Deal, who said the current legal blood alcohol limit of 0.10 was too high, promised to work with the General Assembly to lower the limit to that required of drivers on the road, 0.08.