Drinking and driving: Awareness training is evolving

When alcohol use disorders (a blood alcohol level of more than 0.8 g/l) are detected in a driver, the prefect of the department or, in Paris, the prefect of the police, decides on a measure restricting the use of the driving license, providing for the obligation to drive a vehicle equipped with an EAD device and to follow a specific course in an institution specialized in addictology.

The provisions relating to this traineeship have been amended. Since April 6, 2019, it includes:

• an individual welcome session, including an interview with a qualified professional of the institution specializing in addictology (of the order of forty-five minutes);
• a first medical consultation following the initial interview, carried out by a doctor working in the establishment (of the order of forty-five minutes);
• five group sessions for psycho-educational and psychosocial skills-building purposes, facilitated by the relevant professionals of the institution (lasting from one and a half to two hours);
• a new medical consultation at the end of the training period, carried out by a doctor working in the establishment (of the order of forty-five minutes).