Although the agriculture minister said otherwise, the government said there are no plans to change the zero tolerance.

There are no plans to change the zero tolerance rule, the government told RTL Híradó.

The antecedent of the question is that the Minister of Agriculture István Nagy said in a wine event that they would initiate a social debate on the possible relaxation of zero tolerance for drivers.

The suggestion is definitely unusual in light of the fact that last year only 27,801 drunk drivers were caught during roadblocks and in 1,353 cases drunk drivers were the cause of accidents, according to CSO data.

In Europe, by the way, Hungary is currently one of the few countries, such as the Czech Republic or Slovakia, where there is zero tolerance, according to a previous article on the website of the Institute of Transport Sciences.


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