With reunification, East Germans started killing themselves in cars at a skyrocketing rate their newly accessible cars and roadways. Inexperience and lower standards.
I understand that inexperienced or younger German drivers can’t have any blood alcohol at all.
Those Trabis were the bane of German drivers. I was there when the wall came down, and most Germans hated the Osties and their smoking death traps.
Drinking is not a right of passage like here. German kids get their stupid phase of drinking done long before they drive. They start in middle school at neighborhood bars. They drink after school and walk home—no big deal. Drunk driving is also not viewed as a revenue source—it is serious felony and you won’t be driving again, unless you are very wealthy.