ALLOWABLE ALCOHOL LEVEL FOR DRIVERS SUGGESTED TO REDUCE TO 0.4 PER MILLE IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.10.2009 21:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The law permits 0.8 ppm of alcohol in the driver’s
body having 85 kg weight, Eduard Hovhannisyan , Chairman of Achilles
organization told a press conference today. According to him it is
necessary to lower the allowable amount of alcohol up to 0.4 ppm. He
brought up an example of Russia, where an allowable level number is
equal to 0.3ppm.

He also stressed that unlike many countries, in Armenia there is
no technique for rapid determination of the degree of sobriety of
the driver.