Since when is there a blood alcohol limit for road traffic in Germany?

There has been a legal alcohol limit for road traffic in Germany since its introduction in 1953. Since then, the limit has been repeatedly reduced:

• 1953: 1.5 per mill alcohol in the blood
• 1973: 0.8 per mill alcohol in the blood
• 2001: 0.5 per mill alcohol in the blood

In 1953, a blood alcohol limit became necessary, firstly because the traffic became more and more (before there were hardly any cars on the roads and therefore not so many regulations were needed) and secondly because more and more people drove their cars with alcohol and increasingly represented a security risk.
2018-06-21 at 23:59