The government is considering new measures to reduce accidents and deaths on Spain’s roads by lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced plans to decrease the allowable blood alcohol concentration from 0.5 to 0.2 grams per litre.

Similarly, the limit for alcohol in exhaled air would drop from 0.25 to 0.10 milligrams per litre, as proposed by the Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT).

Under current law, general drivers are allo