Some records just beg to be broken
And some should be allowed to stand unchallenged.
Apropos this earlier item, I'd caution the participants to not be like this woman:
Woman registers a .47 on breath testerThu Apr 19, 1:41 PM ET (AP)
REDMOND, Wash. - A woman arrested following two car crashes last week registered a .47 blood-alcohol content on a breath test — nearly six times the legal intoxication threshold and possibly a state record.
Deana F. Jarrett, 54, was taken to Evergreen Hospital as a precaution following her arrest April 11, the Washington State Patrol said Wednesday. No one was injured in the accidents.
Jarrett blew the .47 on a portable breath tester after she collided with two other vehicles in quick succession, the patrol said. A check of all 356,000 breath tests administered since 1998 in Washington turned up only 35 above .40 — and none of those was higher than .45.
The legal intoxication threshold in Washington is .08.
Jarrett did not appear to have a listed phone number, and it was not clear if she had obtained a lawyer.
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It rather reminds me of a colleague from years ago, who once proudly held the "women's record" for blood alcohol level in Whitehall, OH, at .20%. I remember having read somewhere that .30% was lethal, but I'm not going to go and Google it, since, per the above, it must not be true.
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From Wikipedia: "Unless a
From Wikipedia: "Unless a person has developed a high tolerance, a BAC rating of 0.20 represents very serious intoxication (most first-time drinkers would be passed out by about 0.15), and 0.35 represents potentially fatal alcohol poisoning. 0.40 is the accepted LD50, or lethal dose for 50% of adult humans. For a long-time, heavy drinker, those numbers can at least double. In extreme cases, individuals have survived BAC ratings as high as 0.914"
Jebus. 0.914%? That's some
Jebus. 0.914%? That's some serious drunk.
Oh, and thanks for doing what I was too lazy to do.
Years ago, my dad(Highway
Years ago, my dad(Highway Patrol) stopped a guy who was driving(God knows how) and had to drag him to the unit to take him to the Sheriff's office. They had to hold the tube for the breathalyzer in his mouth and push on his belly to get enough air to test. .42 as I recall.
This was in a little town about forty miles from the nearest doctor or hospital, and they were afraid that if they stuck him in the car and tried to drive him to one, he'd stop breathing he was so far gone. They spent the next few hours walking him around, testing him again every hour. Finally got him to .2-something, his breathing seemed fairly normal so they put him in a cell and collapsed.
He woke up about ten hours later, not even hungover that they could tell.
Good grief. In my "yute", I
Good grief. In my "yute", I thought I'd tied one on a time or two. This collection of stories convinces me that, in retrospect, I must have been a model citizen.