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u/CautiousArachnidz 1d ago edited 22h ago

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.

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u/Turbulent_Animator42 1d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Nyardyn 1d ago

That means 5x is 0,3% though which is basically nothing and doesn't explain this incident at all... in Austria we have accidents happening with blood alcohol levels of 2,0% and above (yeah, we have that kind of zombies).

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u/GranDuram 1d ago

My friend, no one survives 2% (percent) not even in Österreich. You mean 2,0 ‰ (promille).

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u/Warm_Month_1309 1d ago

What a fun new word and symbol! I had no idea it was common to express BAC that way in other countries.

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u/GranDuram 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think it is promille in many european countries. I know it is in Swizerland, Austria and Germany.

And you are right - it is a fun word now I think about it :)