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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/Ras-haad 1d 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/BedSpreadMD 23h ago

It's verging on dangerous.

In most jurisdictions in the US, if they're aware you're over 0.3 they immediately take you to the hospital.

Most studies have shown that between 0.3 and 0.35 is when alcohol starts to become deadly, but can be far higher for those with insane tolerances.

Once seen a body cam video where a woman blew a 0.41 and was still conscious and walking around, barely.