Its value increased to a record figure and the measure is part of an awareness strategy to stop one of the main causes of accidents.
In Argentina, the Transit fines They are sanctions imposed on drivers who violate the road standards established in the National Traffic Law No. 24,449. These seek to promote road safety and prevent accidents, penalizing behaviors that put the integrity of public road users at risk.
The value of the fines is determined in Fixed Units (UF)where each is equivalent to the price of a liter of naphtha of greater percentage in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA). This system allows the price of infractions to adjust automatically according to inflation and variations in the cost of living.
In the province of Buenos Aires, traffic violations are measured, detected and managed through a police monitoring and control system that includes security cameras, radars, alcoholic and complaints.
And with the new increase in fines values, drivers who handle in a state of drunkenness in the different Buenos Aires jurisdictions, must pay serious economic sanctions that can reach the Million pesos In April 2025.
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The value of the fine to drive drunk in April 2025
Driving under different substances is one of the main causes of traffic accidents In our country. So, in order to combat this problem, the sanctions for driving alcoholized are severe, with record figures, and seek Generate awareness about the importance of being prudent at the time of circulating in the streets and routes of the country.
Since May 3, 2023, the Law 27,714 of zero alcohol at the wheel at the national level. In this way, on all the routes of the country the traffic regulations establishes that it is prohibited to conduct any type of vehicles with an breathalyzer greater than zero (0) milligrams per liter of blood.
Along these lines, fines for drunk driving in the province of Buenos Aires begin in $ 435,600 And they can climb until $ 1,452,000. Its value depends on poisoning level and recidivism of the driver.
But, in addition to the economic cost, if they find you leading under alcohol, you could also face other consequences:
- License suspension: depending on the level of blood alcohol and recidivism.
- Vehicle retention: Until it is guaranteed that, as a driver, you do not represent a danger to road safety.
- Judicial Causes and Processes: In case of causing a serious accident, you could face criminal charges.
Amount of fines in the province of Buenos Aires
- Speeding: between $ 217,800 and $ 1,452,000.
- No use of helmets on motorcycles or safety belts in the vehicle: between $ 72,600 and $ 145,200.
- Pass a traffic light in red: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- Turmus circular: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- For turning left in prohibited areas: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- Bad parking: between $ 72,600 and $ 145,200.
- Alcoholized driving: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- Refuse to perform an breathalyzer test: between $ 726,000 and $ 1,752,400.
- For circulating with the expired VTV: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- For handling without the regulatory age: between $ 435,600 and 1,452,000.
- For handling without qualification: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- For driving without the documentation: between $ 72,600 and $ 145,200.
- For circulating without insurance coverage: between $ 435,600 and $ 1,452,000.
- For driving without the insurance voucher: between $ 72,600 and $ 145,200.
- For driving with excess occupants: between $ 72,600 and $ 145,200.
Source: Ambito
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