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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
5. No. Same as USA. Come on, folks, this is easy with Google and Wikipedia
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:20 PM
Mar 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_driving_law_by_country#Canada

Canada
Main article: Impaired driving in Canada

Canada: 0.05-0.08%

The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69 made it a per se offence to drive with a BAC in excess of 80 mg/100 ml of blood. Refusal of a police officer's demand to provide a breath sample was made an offence at the same time and both began as summary conviction offences, with a mandatory minimum $50 fine.[19]
Mexico

Mexico: 0.04-0.10% [20]

Foreigners with recent (in the past 10 years) drunk-driving criminal convictions are generally refused entry at the border. Mexico's Immigration Act section 36 considers any foreign drinking and driving outstanding charge or conviction as an Indictable offense (similar to a felony).
United States
Main article: Drunk driving in the United States
A 1937 poster warns US drivers about the dangers of mixing alcohol and driving.

United States: 0.08% BAC by volume

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