After a party in Zwolle a guest who drank three glasses of wine leaves his car and cycles home along the cycle path. On the bicycle, too, the legal alcohol limit applies to him.

Explanation

False — you think the alcohol limit only applies to car drivers. The limit applies to everyone who drives a vehicle, and a bicycle is a vehicle too. After drinking, the bicycle is no way out. (WVW 1994 art. 8, 163 | VekaBest p.15 (Hoofdstuk 1 §1.3))

Source: WVW 1994 art. 8 · checked 2026-10-22

Why learners get this wrong

• Wrong: you think the alcohol limit only applies to car drivers. The limit applies to everyone who drives a vehicle, and a bicycle is a vehicle too. After drinking, the bicycle is no way out.

Topic: Alcohol behind the wheel: the limit and the glass

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Law articles

• WVW 1994 art. 8

Terms

• Alcohol breakdown rate: 0.1–0.2 per mille per hour
• Alcohol geldt ook fietser
• Beginnersperiode 5 of 7 jaar
• Limiet beginner 0 2 88ug
• Limiet ervaren 0 5 220ug
• Standaardglas 12ml 02 03 promille

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