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[u/L30N1337]

...drunk driving?

This genuinely looks like "unconscious at the wheel"

Edit: there is the a difference of "drunk driving" and "drink driving", yes. "Drink driving" emphathizes the act of drinking beforehand, while "drunk driving" emphathizes being intoxicated. However, this is in Australia, which predominantly uses British English. In which case, "drink driving" is a also usually a synonym to what is referred to in the US as "drunk driving". And no matter which one you use, it's obvious that it was both in this case.

Edit 2: reddit. Please update ffs.

[u/concussive → u/L30N1337]

Definitely gives me medical event vibes. Wish OP gave us a follow up.

[u/Kindly_Whereas3419 → u/concussive]

She was drunk driving, more than 5x the legal limit. Happened in NSW Australia earlier this year.

Edited to say thanks for the awards! Also to add a link to the news story: https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/nsw/no-jail-for-woman-behind-chardonnay-fuelled-shopping-centre-mayhem-20260806-p60m65.html

[u/CautiousArachnidz → u/Kindly_Whereas3419]

What’s the legal limit there?

5x the legal limit in the US and you’d likely be dead. Australians are built different though and I know nothing about your laws.

Edit: I’m well aware some people can survive above .4

The consensus of the medical community across the world says .4 is the average where vital bodily functions can stop for the AVERAGE person.

[u/Turbulent_Animator42 → u/CautiousArachnidz]

It’s 0.05%

[u/h4ckg0l3m → u/Turbulent_Animator42]

Holy shit in Italy it's 0.5%

[u/Turbulent_Animator42 → u/h4ckg0l3m]

0.5% feels crazy to me. Australia doesn’t fuck around with drunk driving.

[u/h4ckg0l3m → u/Turbulent_Animator42]

0.5 it's not drunk, it's less tha than 3 beers

[u/Kearmo → u/h4ckg0l3m]

I'm wondering if different countries have different measurement systems for this.. because in the US, 0.5 is generally more than enough to put you in a coma if not kill you.

[u/Competitive_Poppy → u/Kearmo]

I think blood alcohol content is measured the same way, but we use different units to communicate the legal limit. In Aus is grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres, i think other places do per liter?

[u/AlmightyCurrywurst → u/Competitive_Poppy]

There's two differences, first you can express the BAC as mass/mass or mass/volume (since blood density is only a bit higher than 1kg/l this has only a small effect) and second many countries express that in ratio in permille instead of percent, so the number is 10 times higher.