"Al C-F" <
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> Simon Mason wrote:
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>>
>> However, the court heard from Walker he had drunk two pints and one glass
>> of wine and he gave a breath test reading of 61mg in breath, the legal
>> limit being 35mg.
>
> Is being nearly twice the limit consistent with such a small amount of
> alcohol?
In breath, the limit is 35µg, not mg. That is microgram.
A unit, coming from 1/2 pint of bear of 3.5% ABV, a single 25 mg pub measure
of spirits, or a small 125 mg glass of light table wine is equivalent to
10mg in blood. Assuming a he drank beer and wine of these strengths, he
would have reached only 50mg. For him to have breached the drink drive
limit, it would have taken the beer to be premium beer and the glass of wine
to be a large strong one. Stella Artois is 5.2%, so you can do the maths and
see that there would have to be more drunk than was stated, or it was very
strong beer and wine.
David Lloyd