This October 12 is the big day of the festivities of El Pilar de Zaragoza and the work of security forces is essential to avoid problems, particularly on the road. In this context, laSexta supports a traffic police patrol to see, first-hand, what they face in the alcohol and drug controls.
Although the night was fairly calm, we encountered some positive tests for alcohol and drugs. “I drove from the center of Zaragoza to here,” complained one of the men at the checkpoint, and assured that he had only taken “two cubatas and a shot“.
Another of them justified his positive attitude by saying yesHis girlfriend ‘poured cologne in his mouth’ and it was ‘pure alcohol’; hence the result of the breathalyzer. For his part, another man, in an obvious state of intoxication, complained to the laSexta camera of wanting ““Put him in jail” for drinking “two beers”.
Fines for positive test
In the event of a positive alcohol test, non-repeat drivers may be faced with fines ranging from 500 euros to 1,000 euros and this leads to the loss four to six points driving license, depending on blood alcohol content. In the case of exceed 60mg/l of alcoholthe sanction also entails a prison sentence of three to six months or work for the benefit of the community, as well as the withdrawal of the license for a maximum period of four years; since it is considered a crime.
The presence of other drugs in the body is grounds for punishment.
On the other hand, repeat offenders face fines of 1,000 euros and the loss of six points on their driving license, regardless of their blood alcohol level.
From Sexta we remember that The only truly safe blood alcohol level for driving is 0.0 g/l..
