Posted on 02/06/2013 3:57:49 AM PST by WesternCulture
A 61-year-old caught driving with a blood-alcohol level five times over Sweden's legal limit walked free after a court in southern Sweden cited his high tolerance for alcohol.
The man, who works night shifts in Ystad, southern Sweden, told the court he had been drinking heavily on the day he was pulled over by police in November last year, wrote the Skånskan newspaper.
He had downed the contents of six small snapps bottles and a full-strength beer during the day leading up to his shift, but this was nothing unusual, he claimed.
The 61-year-old explained that he drinks every day, even before work, and that the additional 200 millilitres of mulled wine (glögg in Swedish) made no difference to his mental state.
But when he was pulled over, the man had a blood alcohol content of exactly 1.0 promille, five-times over Sweden's legal limit of 0.2 promille and enough to warrant stiffer charges of aggravated drunken driving.
He claimed, however, that he didn't feel under the influence at all while driving to work.
He also blamed the glögg for putting him so far over the limit, but pleaded with the court that he shouldn't be convicted because he thought the traditional Swedish mulled wine he had been drinking was simply an alcohol-free variety.
The court agreed, stating in its ruling that as the man drinks alcohol every day, even before heading to work, he must have a high tolerance for alcohol, Skånskan wrote.
The court therefore threw out the charges altogether and the man was set free.
Q: Why are Irish jokes so simplistic?
A: So Englishmen can understand them
An English man and an Irish man are driving head on at night, on a twisty, dark road. Both are driving too fast for the conditions and collide on a sharp bend in the road. To the amazement of both, they are unscathed, though their cars are both destroyed. In celebration of their luck, both agree to put aside their dislike for the other from that moment on. At this point, the Irish man goes to the boot and fetches a 12 year old bottle of Jameson whiskey. He hands the bottle to the English man, who toasts, “May the English and the Irish live together forever, in peace, and harmony.’’ The English man then tips the bottle and lashes half of it down. Still flabbergasted over the whole thing, he goes to hand the bottle to the Irish man, who replies: ‘’No thanks, I’ll just wait till the Garda get here!’’
- Out of politeness, I will refrain from starting a cross-Atlantic quarrel over this matter:)
“Enjoy your day off. Im working & temps supposed to be mid 70s.”
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Fine. But life is not only about behaving like your mother wishes you to.
I work hard and therefore deserve to party.
I agree that what we accomplish in life and our ambitions are the final monument over our character, but life also ought to be enjoyed.
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“The legal limit in Sweden is 0.2 promille; considerably stricter than many European countries (0.5 is common), or e.g., the UK with its 0.8 promille limit.”
also
“0.5 promille = 0.05% or. 50mg%”
“a BAC of 0.10 = 0.10%”
so a Swedish offense is a BAC of 0.02. Sounds like neoprohitionist to me. The founder of MADD left the organization years ago because she saw it becoming a prohibitionist group demanding far tighter restrictions than she was seeking. She didn’t like the high level offenders getting a slap on the wrist at most. She later lobbied on behalf of bars and breweries.
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