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Warning for drivers in Spain this summer: How eating a banana could see you fail breathalyser test due to new alcohol limit

Under the new law, already approved by Spanish parliament, drivers must not exceed 0.2 grams of alcohol per litre of blood - or 0.1mg/l in exhaled air.

Laurence Dollimore
Ingesting every day items in Spain could soon result in false positives on police breathalysers. It comes as the country's traffic authority (DGT)

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ByLaurence Dollimore
Laurence Dollimore has been covering news in Spain for almost a decade. The London-born expat is NCTJ-trained and has a Gold Star Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the prestigious News Associates. Laurence has reported from Spain for some of the UK's biggest titles, including MailOnline, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Sun and the Sun Online. He also has a Master's Degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University London.
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