Overview
- The cabinet approved amendments to the Automobile Driver Punishment Act and the Road Traffic Act that introduce objective thresholds for alcohol impairment and high-speed driving.
- The alcohol cutoff is 0.5 milligrams per liter of breath, and the same numeric standard will define drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act.
- High-speed dangerous driving will use two tiers that trigger charges for crashes far above posted limits, such as over 110 km/h on roads capped at 60 km/h.
- Intentional drift driving, defined as making the tires slip or lift so control is hard, will now count as dangerous driving.
- Prosecutors can still bring cases below the cutoffs because the older qualitative standards remain in place, even as officials cite a large gap between alcohol-positive stops and drunk-driving prosecutions.