Overview
- Guardia Civil halted a wedding passenger bus near Petra during an October 18 alcohol checkpoint and immobilized the vehicle after the 53-year-old driver tested about five times over the professional limit.
- The driver is under investigation for an offense against road safety that can carry three to six months in prison and a one- to four-year driving ban, and inspectors cited missing tachograph card and rest-time breaches.
- Local outlet Última Hora reports a breath reading of 0.84 mg/l—nearly six times the 0.15 mg/l limit for professional drivers—and alleges prior alcohol interlock activations at former employer TIB and a recent resignation from his current company.
- In a separate Palma case reported October 26, police said a 30-year-old motorcyclist involved in an October 5 crash blew 1.04 mg/l and had never obtained a license, prompting two road-safety charges and an administrative citation for the vehicle’s owner.
- In Salta, Argentina, a taxi driver tested positive for alcohol during a control on avenida del Bicentenario, and officers found his 18-year-old partner hidden in the trunk, leading to sanctions for DUI and illegal passenger transport after she said she hid voluntarily.