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Question 7822

At a preventive traffic check, may traffic officers give you a test to detect drug use?

  1. Yes, under the same conditions as the breath alcohol test.
  2. Only if you show signs of having used drugs.
  3. No.
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Correct answer: Yes, under the same conditions as the breath alcohol test.

Yes. At a preventive traffic checkpoint, like the alcohol and drug checkpoint in the image, officers may ask any driver to take a drug test, just as they may with an alcohol test. You do not have to show signs of drug use or have committed a traffic violation.

Real Decreto 1428/2003, de 21 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento General de Circulación