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Driving a vehicle when exceeding maximum permitted level of alcohol in the bloodstream (misdemeanors)
Last updated: 25.05.2026
§ 224 of the Road Traffic Act enacts penalties for offences where the maximum permitted level of alcohol in the bloodstream is exceeded, but the intoxication is not criminal.
- Section 1: the level of alcohol in the bloodstream is 0.20–0.49 milligrams of alcohol per one gram of blood or whose alcohol content in one litre of exhaled air is 0.10–0.24 milligrams
- Section 2: the level of alcohol in the bloodstream is 0.50–1.49 milligrams of alcohol per one gram of blood or whose alcohol content in one litre of exhaled air is 0.25–0.74 milligrams
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