The national President of “Mothers Against Drunk Driving” was on hand Wednesday as Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack signed a proclamation declaring December “Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.” Mille Webb of Tennessee says she found out about drunk driving first-hand when her daughter and a nephew were killed in a drunk driving accident in 1971.Webb suffered severe burns over 70-percent of her body from the accident.Webb says she was in Washington, D.C. in October when a national law was signed setting the standard for drunk driving at point-oh-eight. She encourages Iowa to lower its limit.Vilsack chastised Iowa lawmakers for failing to lower Iowa’s drunken driving standard last year. Vilsack says it seems to be a relatively simply measure to pass.The state stands to lose some federal funds if it does not lower the blood alcohol limit to point-oh-eight to meet the federal standard.
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