The 3 -hour license withdrawal is finished: if you are checked positive for alcohol, the immediate sanction will be more severe

No more driving prohibitions a few hours after a positive alcohol test: any offense will now lead to an automatic immobilization of 12 hours, with permit recovery only after a negative test.

The temporary ban on driving two, three or six hours after a positive blood alcohol level will disappear and will immediately pass at 12 noon, report Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet Van Antwerpen and Het Belang Van Limburg on Saturday.

In consultation with the police and justice, the Minister of Mobility Jean-Luc Crucke offers a first series of measures aimed at fighting alcohol behind the wheel “more strictly and more coherently”. The temporary prohibitions to drive two, three and six hours will be deleted.

Soon, anyone whose test is positive must be immediately stopped on site for a period of 12 hours. At the end of this period, you will only recover your driver’s license “after a negative”, specifies the minister.