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Holidays: Drink or drive you will always have to choose!

 


After a sluggish 2020, many of us will be celebrating the end of this year. If the holidays will be well watered one imagines, beware of excesses.

A quick reminder of the rules on limitations and sanctions.

What the Highway Traffic Act says about the blood alcohol limit:


When a person is young (probationary licence), the rate of drinking and driving is limited to 0.2g/litre of blood or 0.10 milligrams per litre of exhaled air. This is tantamount to not consuming alcohol because this limit is barely exceeded a drink.

For an experienced person, this limit rises to 0.5g/litre of blood or 0.25 milligrams per litre of exhaled air.

This is like not exceeding a glass of wine (10 cl) to 12 degrees or half a beer at 5 degrees!

What the Highway Traffic Act says about sanctions:


  1. As soon as you exceed the blood alcohol levels mentioned above, you incur penalties established by the Highway Traffic Act. They are divided by penalties with a rate of less than 0.8g/litre and above 0.8g/litre.
  2. Sanctions with a blood alcohol level of less than 0.8g/litre:
  3. A withdrawal of 6 points on your licence (or cancellation of the licence if you are on probation),
  4. A fine of 750 euros,
  5. A stop of the car,
  6. Withdrawal of your driver's licence in a state of blood alcohol (up to 3 years).
  7. Sanctions with a blood alcohol level of 0.8g/litre or more:
  8. A withdrawal of 6 points on your licence (or cancellation of the licence if you are on probation),
  9. A fine of 4,500 euros,
  10. A stop of the car,
  11. Withdrawal of your driver's licence in a state of blood alcohol (suspension or even cancellation),
  12. A prison sentence of up to 2 years (or even 4 years if reoffending)

As a reminder, heavy drinking is dangerous while driving and degrades your perception of danger v as well as your reaction time behind the wheel. Consider naming a SAM (the one who drives doesn't drink) or getting in a taxi!

If you don't feel concerned about this article because you don't have your license! You can pass the traffic code in just 3 weeks and driving in a few days.

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