Overview
- An Interior Committee vote fell 18–19, with PP, Vox, ERC and UPN opposing and PSOE, Sumar and PNV backing the bill, so the draft will not advance.
- The proposal sought a universal cap of 0.2 g/L blood alcohol (0.1 mg/L breath) for all drivers, ending lower thresholds for novices and professionals, and tightening fines and licence‑point penalties.
- Existing limits remain at 0.5 g/L in blood (0.25 mg/L in breath), as the committee’s rejection halts the first major reduction attempt in decades.
- Victim groups Stop Accidentes and Aesleme and the family‑medicine society SEMFYC condemned the outcome as a missed chance to cut deaths, citing evidence that roughly 30% of road fatalities involve alcohol.
- Proponents cited EU guidance, practices in Sweden and Norway, and studies linking low levels to higher crash risk, while PP questioned the legislative route, ERC demanded broader road‑safety actions, Vox called the change revenue‑driven, and PSOE vowed to reintroduce it.