27 July 2013

Calwell man blows .222

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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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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.

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.

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).

.222? Shouldn’t he be dead?

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.

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?

Madam Cholet11:38 am 27 Jul 13

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!

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