Global Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Level Limits for Driving

Country Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Cameroon

Chile

China

Colombia

Denmark Ethiopia Germany Ghana Greece India Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya

Lebanon

Mexico

Global Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Level Limits for Driving

Maximum Legal BAC (in mg/ml) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 Currently no legal limit

0.3 - 0.8 (A BAC between 0.3 - 0.8 qualifies as driving under the influence, whilst anything above 0.8 is considered driving drunk.)

0.8 (BAC levels equal to or above 0.8 constitute "driving while intoxicated", while BAC levels of 0.2 0.8 constitute "driving while drinking alcohol".)

0.2 ? 1.5 (There are different levels of penalty for a BAC of between 0.2 - 0.39, 0.4 - 0.99, 1.0 -1.49, and 1.5 and greater)

0.5 0.8 0.5 Currently no legal limit 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 Currently no legal limit 0.3 0.8 0.5 (BAC levels between 0.5 - 0.8, 0.8 - 1.0, and greater than 1.0 constitute a third, fourth, or fifth category road traffic offense, respectively)

Drink driving regulations are determined at the state rather than national level. Only the following states currently have legal driving limits: Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Estado de Mexico, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoac?n, Tamaulipas, and Vera Cruz - 0.4; Chihuahua - 0.5; Guanajato, Morelos, Nuevo Le?n, Oazaca, Quintana Roo, and Sonora - 0.8; Colima 0.8 - 1.0.

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Global Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Level Limits for Driving

Country The Netherlands Nigeria Norway Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Russia South Africa South Korea, Rep of Spain Sweden Switzerland

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Tanzania Thailand Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam

Maximum Legal BAC (in mg/ml) 0.5 (0.2 mg/ml for new drivers) Currently no legal limit 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.49 0 0.5 (0.2 for professional drivers) 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5

Currently no legal limit

0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.8 Currently no legal limit

Source: International Alliance for Responsible Drinking ()

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