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Zero‑Alcohol Driving Crackdowns in Buenos Aires and Mendoza Net Multiple High‑BAC Cases

Real-time video enforcement under zero-tolerance policies is triggering license seizures with judicial referrals.

Overview

  • At the Hudson toll on the La PlataBuenos Aires highway, a driver tested 1.20 g/L on March 22 and had his license seized under provincial alcohol‑zero rules.
  • The motorist initially denied drinking before admitting to whisky consumption, with inspectors’ body‑camera footage documenting the exchange for use before the Justice of Misdemeanors.
  • In Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, a truck rear‑ended another vehicle and the driver registered 2.32 g/L according to municipal transit testing.
  • Security cameras in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, flagged a damaged Toyota Hilux whose driver later measured 2.82 g/L and was placed at the disposal of Contraventional Justice.
  • In central Mendoza City, a 27‑year‑old driver struck a cyclist who was hospitalized, and her breath test showed 1.75 g/L.