Guardamar police stop driver who allegedly hit parked cars and recorded 1.54 mg/l alcohol reading
Residents’ reports alerted the Local Police; the reading exceeded the 0.60 mg/l threshold for a criminal offence set out in the Criminal Code.
Guardamar Local Police stopped a driver on 27 October after receiving reports from residents of damage allegedly caused to several parked vehicles. The breathalyser test recorded 1.54 milligrams of alcohol per litre of exhaled air, according to information released about the police operation.
Officers opened judicial proceedings over a possible road-safety offence. The driver is under investigation and is presumed innocent.
The reading exceeds the 0.60 mg/l threshold set by Article 379.2 of the Criminal Code for driving under the influence of alcohol to be considered a criminal offence. It also exceeds the general administrative limit of 0.25 mg/l set out in the General Traffic Regulations. Any criminal liability will be determined in the judicial proceedings.
Article by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.
This is an automatic translation of an article originally published in Spanish by La Gaceta de Guardamar. If in doubt, the Spanish version prevails. Read the original · More news in English