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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