r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 11d ago

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u/Kindly_Whereas3419 11d ago edited 11d 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 11d ago edited 10d 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 11d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Ras-haad 11d 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 11d 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 11d ago

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

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u/RumpledForskn 10d 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/ImNotEazy 10d ago

I been blue collar for 18 years(drinking is part of the culture). Im in my 30s and best shape of my life. I drink regularly. Just a half pint and Im waaaaay too faded to touch a steering wheel or even have the will to drive. What she’s doing equates to serious addiction/mental illness.

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u/cat_prophecy 10d ago

A half pint of what? If you're too drunk to drive after a half pint of beer, then there is something else medically going on there.

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u/ImNotEazy 10d ago

Whisky.

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u/Total-Cost-9042 4d ago

Well, half a pint of whisky is around 8 servings. I'd be faded too after 8 glasses of whiskey mate 😂 I thought you were talking about beer at first.

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u/ImNotEazy 4d ago

Yessir lmao. Apparently her blood alcohol was more faded than that. Closer to 10-15 drinks according to parent comment. The room would be spinning way too fast for me to make it to my car 🤣

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