Alcohol tests for drivers to be obligatory in Colombia

Colombia’s House of Representatives ratified a law Wednesday that made alcohol tests for drivers obligatory throughout the country.

irst grade offense indicating between 40 and 99 mg of ethanol in a drivers system will result in a license suspension for between one and three years, while a count of between 100 and 149 mg of ethanol would be a categorically second grade offensive, meaning a license suspension of between three and five years.

Any driver found with more than 150 mg of ethanol in their blood will have their license revoked for anywhere between five and ten years.

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