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Zero-Tolerance Roadblocks Confirm Widespread Drunk and Drugged Driving

Persistent positive breathalyzer results during holiday checkpoints have prompted proposals for harsher penalties.

Un agente de la Policía Local de Bueu en el centro del municipio.
Diputados del PAN proponen duplicar las penas por conducir en estado de ebriedad o con exceso de velocidad en Querétaro. /Cortesía
El paquete con la droga incautada.
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Overview

  • During Argentina’s Día del Amigo weekend, Mendoza police detained six drivers for alcohol violations, with some readings exceeding 2.6 grams per liter.
  • Granadero Baigorria officials carried out 350 roadside checks and detected 17 positive alcohol tests, including a motorcyclist at 1.80 g/L.
  • Salta traffic authorities performed 8,114 breathalyzer tests and sanctioned 102 drivers for exceeding the zero-alcohol limit.
  • In Avilés, local police registered 11 administrative and two judicial alcohol violations from 761 tests and identified 15 drug-positive drivers in 101 saliva screenings.
  • Querétaro deputies have proposed a zero-tolerance law that would double penalties and create a national database of impaired driving offenders.