The study, conducted to mark MADD's 20th anniversary, found that 72 percent of American drivers support lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit from 0.10 to 0.08 to keep impaired drivers off the roads. In addition, 65 percent of those surveyed favor a federal law requiring states to lower the limit.

"Over the past 20 years, MADD's grass-roots movement has moved the hidden horrors of drunk driving from the back-page obituaries to the front-page headlines and into the nation's social consciousness," said Millie Webb, president of MADD.

While 94 percent of respondents said the possibility of killing or injuring others discouraged them from driving drunk, 57 percent said they have operated a car under the influence of alcohol.

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