Overview
- Guardia Civil traffic units with participating municipal forces will intensify random roadside alcohol and drug tests nationwide throughout the week.
- Valladolid confirms heightened city controls, while Sagunto begins a parallel local operation aligned with the national campaign.
- Checks focus on legal thresholds of 0.5 g/l blood alcohol (0.25 mg/l breath) for most drivers, 0.3 g/l (0.15 mg/l) for professionals and novices, and zero for minors.
- Exceeding penal limits or refusing tests can lead to prison, fines, community service, licence withdrawal, and a loss of up to six points.
- Officials highlight recent baselines: alcohol was present in 273 road deaths in 2024, and last December’s Extremadura campaign checked over 7,900 drivers with multiple alcohol and drug positives, most often cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamines.