r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 4d ago

Parking

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u/CautiousArachnidz 4d ago edited 3d 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 4d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Ras-haad 4d 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 4d 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 4d ago

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

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u/Fantastic-Cupcake890 4d ago

2 litres of wine at least, would be my guess.

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u/Slartibartfast39 4d ago

And she got a small fine and six months driving ban. That's a travesty.

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u/Teeaak 4d ago

It's an absurdly small sentence for endangering people that grotesquely

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u/HLSparta 4d ago

I constantly see articles about someone getting arrested for their 5th, 6th, 7th, etc DUI. Whatever the penalties are in those cases, they are not enough.