An adult driver who has held a licence for more than two years drives a goods vehicle with a MAM of 3,250 kg and is not subject to a special limit under Article 20. What maximum blood alcohol level applies?

Correct answer

0.5 grams per litre of blood.

The general maximum is 0.5 g/l in blood; the breath limit is 0.25 mg/l. The reduced limits of 0.3 g/l in blood and 0.15 mg/l in breath apply, among other cases, to goods vehicles over 3,500 kg, dangerous-goods transport and drivers during their first two years. Vehicle MAM alone therefore does not determine the limit in every case.