27 July 2013

Calwell man blows .222

27 July 2013 | By johnboy

ACT Policing has suspended the licence of a Calwell man caught drink driving more than four times over the legal limit last night (Friday, July 26).

Around 7.30pm, police were conducting mobile traffic patrols on Outrim Avenue, Calwell when they stopped a vehicle and conducted a breath test on the driver and received a positive reading.

The 44-year-old was transported to the Tuggeranong Police Station where he underwent a breath analysis, returning a Blood Alcohol Centration (BAC) reading of 0.222 (over four times the legal limit).

The man’s ACT Driver’s licence was immediately suspended and he will face the ACT Magistrates Court at a later date.

[Courtesy ACT Policing]

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Primal10:44 pm 27 Jul 13

Deref said :

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

I read somewhere that there’s a serious risk of losing consciousness above 0.25, and of dying above 0.3.

54-116:35 pm 27 Jul 13

When I read the headline, I thought it was some immoral act with a rifle.

AsparagusSyndrome5:27 pm 27 Jul 13

Deref said :

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

Not from any bacterial cause.

bundah4:22 pm 27 Jul 13

Deref said :

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

Seems like he was well and truly ‘shot’…

Blen_Carmichael4:14 pm 27 Jul 13

Deref said :

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

Not at all. If he’s a veteran alcoholic – and given his age, that’s highly likely – then that probably amounts to a skinful, not a fatal dose (not in the short term anyway).

bundah4:09 pm 27 Jul 13

Pork Hunt said :

Amateur…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-27/melbourne-woman-caught-six-times-over-the-limit/4847828

Closer to home who remembers this heroic effort of extraordinary proportions in Dec 2009?

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/woman-blows-19-times-over-blood-alcohol-limit/story-e6freuy9-1225805924928

Deref3:31 pm 27 Jul 13

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

Pork Hunt3:01 pm 27 Jul 13

Amateur…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-27/melbourne-woman-caught-six-times-over-the-limit/4847828

Antagonist1:21 pm 27 Jul 13

Madam Cholet said :

Excellent work. I have long thought that with two drinking establishments next door to each other in Calwell that the police could sit just around the corner and catch most patrons leaving by car. My previous next door neighbour for one would have lost his licence long ago!

I disagree. They would only get a dozen or so drivers. Again. And again. And again.

bundah12:40 pm 27 Jul 13

Madam Cholet said :

Excellent work. I have long thought that with two drinking establishments next door to each other in Calwell that the police could sit just around the corner and catch most patrons leaving by car. My previous next door neighbour for one would have lost his licence long ago!

Perhaps a few sharp nails appropriately positioned might change his mind?

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