Overview
- The city deployed 30 additional roadside controls running through the day with a pause and restart overnight, using random and funnel-style checkpoints with certified breathalyzers.
- On Christmas Eve, authorities recorded fewer than half the positive results seen in 2024, with 11 drivers over 1 g/l and 19 between 0.5 and 1 g/l.
- Legal limits in the capital are 0.5 g/l for private motorists, 0.2 g/l for motorcyclists, and 0.0 g/l for professional and novice drivers, as the city maintains its own standard while many provinces enforce Alcohol Cero.
- City fines scale by Unidades Fijas tied to fuel prices: 150–1,000 UF for readings of 0.5–0.99 g/l and 300–2,000 UF for 1 g/l or higher, roughly ARS 119,776–798,510 and ARS 239,553–1,597,020 respectively.
- Sanctions include immediate license retention, vehicle towing, mandatory safety courses to regain driving privileges, extended suspensions for higher readings, and potential short arrests under the local misdemeanor code.