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Posted by: tazoez

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuanian police were so astonished when they pulled over a truck driver and his breathalyzer test registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they thought their testing device must be broken. It wasn't.

Police said Tuesday 41-year-old Vidmantas Sungaila registered 7.27 grams per liter of alcohol in his blood repeatedly on different devices when he was pulled over for driving his truck down the center of a two-lane highway 60 miles from the capital, Vilnius on Saturday.

Lithuania's legal limit is 0.4 grams per liter.

"This guy should have been lying dead, but he was still driving. It must be an unofficial national record," Saulius Skvernelis, the director of the national police traffic control service, told the AP. "He was of high spirits and grinning the whole time he was questioned."

Medical experts say anything above 3.5 grams per liter of alcohol in the blood is lethal for most people.

"A person this intoxicated should be in an intensive care unit, not behind the wheel," said Tautvydas Zikaras, head of the dependence illness center in the country's second-largest city, Kaunas. Zikaras said he had never heard or read of someone being so drunk.

Sungaila, who was slapped with a 3,000 litas ($1,110) fine and the loss of his license for up to three years, told police he had been drinking the night before and tried to freshen up by downing a pint of beer for breakfast.

Lithuania has one of the worst road safety records in the European Union. Last year, 760 people died in traffic accidents in this country of 3.5 million residents. Most were alcohol-related.

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Posted by: badogg88

Good god.

I love how he tried to "freshen up" by drinking a pint. Haha.

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Posted by: dcs2244

Maybe it was Guinness...it's good for you!

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Posted by: tazoez

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Originally Posted by dcs2244 Maybe it was Guinness...it's good for you!

Blah -- Im Irish and I can't stand Guinness. It's too thick for my tastes.
and since it fits the topic at hand...........

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Posted by: MSP75

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Originally Posted by tazoez Blah -- Im Irish and I can't stand Guinness. It's too thick for my tastes. and since it fits the topic at hand...........

Blaspheme!!!! Guinness, love it, live it, drink it.

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Posted by: irish937

Wonder what that equates to in BAC? Is that a .72ish?? I've heard of some pretty high results before. Some people will scare you with the booze they can take. Guinness is not in any way thick, just looks like it. Go ahead, don't drink it. More for me!

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Posted by: Irish Wampanoag

When I worked at security at a Boston Hospital 12 or so years ago the local drunk who was sec 12 every weekend would come in the emergency room and the blood test would be equal to .49 or sometimes more. This guy was an established drunk for decades who was about 65 ish and had about 50 years of drinking to tolerate this kind of reading. Amazing!!! I really dont miss working the Emergency Rooms!!!

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Posted by: Andy0921

Holly shit...we have our usual really shit faced drunks but good god i have never delt with some one that hammered

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Posted by: lofu

You'd be surprised as to how tolerant these people are to the alcohol. I'm sure Irish Wamp would agree, these people walk into the ER with BAC's that would kill you or I.

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Posted by: PearlOnyx

When I was working at a hospital several years ago, we raked in a homeless guy out of a snow bank that came out around a .5 or so. A .7 is pretty crazy!

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Posted by: PBC FL Cop

I had a .4 once who was a complete a$$hole, I can only imagine how this guy must have been.

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Posted by: MSPField

His BAC was .72!
Most people will die above the .45 level, this guy was able to drive?
Talk about a hard core alcoholic!

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