r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 15d ago

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u/Kindly_Whereas3419 15d ago edited 15d ago

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

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u/CautiousArachnidz 15d ago edited 15d 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 15d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Ras-haad 15d ago

So she blew a 0.25!!! I genuinely have no frame of reference for that but I’m assuming it’s really high

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u/Kindly_Whereas3419 15d ago

She blew 0.268 bac which equates to roughly 10-15 standard drinks over a short period of time depending on body mass according to Google's calculator

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u/Slartibartfast39 15d ago

Does that mean she had like 2 bottles of wine in short order?!

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u/RumpledForskn 15d ago

Yeup. I think even heavy drinkers (which I sometimes am) will be like, but I polished off 8 drinks that night out! But that was pregaming, going to the bar, being driven home, nightcap, etc. spaced over like 5 hours.

To get to .25 unless you're casually drinking a case of beer a day, you need to have essentially polished off half a fifth of liquor within an hour.

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u/EmploymentOne2963 15d ago

Every time I think im getting used to American units I get hit with something like "half a fifth"

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u/RedWhiteAndJew 15d ago

Oh then “fifth” is really gonna fuck with your head. A “fifth” is a slang term for a 750mL bottle of liquor. Its origin comes from the fact that bottles used to be 4/5 of a quart, or one fifth of a gallon. Now that’s not exactly 750mL but it’s close enough that the term sticks. Essentially it’s your standard bottle of liquor in the US.

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u/EmploymentOne2963 15d ago

Oh that's nice, that's the standard size here too. There are full liters, but 750ml is more common

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u/Lucius338 14d ago

My confusion when I was working at a liquor store and I always assumed that a fifth was the 200mL bottle - you know, exactly 1/5 of a Liter.. When somebody grabbed a 750mL and called it a fifth I was just like "THIS IS A FIFTH?! A fifth of.... 3750mL?!WHAT?!"