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Woman ties blood alcohol record of 0.50
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| leph555 |
A Pierce County woman apparently tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood when the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab measured a blood-alcohol content of 0.50 two hours after she was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.
Ann Marie Gordon, manager of the lab in Seattle, said the reading — more than six times the legal limit of 0.08 — tied the highest level ever found by technicians at the patrol's lab. A King County driver also registered 0.50 on a blood test in 2000, Gordon said.
"It certainly would kill many people," she said.
The average blood-alcohol content of drunken drivers stopped in Washington is about 0.15, Gordon added.
Rebecca G. Lingbloom, 45, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol on May 10. Authorities contended in an affidavit that she nearly hit a pedestrian that day and was seen swerving all over the road.
A Pierce County sheriff's deputy later found her passed out behind the wheel of her car in the Summit area, the affidavit states.
Deputy Prosecutor Bradley Moericke pointed out that Lingbloom was arrested for investigation of drunken driving twice in the 1990s, and asked District Court Judge Frank Dacca to jail her in lieu of $20,000 bail. Moericke also asked that Lingbloom be monitored with an electronic bracelet that would record her movements should she make bail.
Dacca declined both requests after Lingbloom told him she enrolled in a six-month treatment program for alcohol abuse not long after her arrest. Public defender Clarence Henderson told the judge he called the clinic before Wednesday's hearing and confirmed that Lingbloom was enrolled.
Dacca said he didn't want to jeopardize Lingbloom's treatment by sending her to jail. He did require that she continue her program and report to court July 24 for another hearing.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621...NF5qtcGpDPtiBIF |
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| smakmagik |
| If you/they could tell us how much alcohol must be consumed to get this 0.50 rating, then it would be interesting |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by smakmagik
If you/they could tell us how much alcohol must be consumed to get this 0.50 rating, then it would be interesting |
Maybe they're not telling just because they know a bunch of idiots would try it and die in the process. |
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| Zharen |
| Well, if you're gonna get arrested for DUI, might as well go out big. |
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Maybe they're not telling just because they know a bunch of idiots would try it and die in the process. |
Which, imo, is a good case for releasing that info. |
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| washout |
wonder if she had any drunk sex prior to be arrested.
i hope so ... a 45 year old drunk lady. |
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| The_G0dfather |
| i'm certain i've beaten that at least once :o |
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| stren |
| i don't know how much 0.50 is, but if its a record she must be either polish or russian |
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| getfoul |
| Washington to the rescue again! Go home town/state! |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
Whats the legal limit, over here it's 2 units which is just under like a pint of your average beer.
so six times that really is all tbh, I've know people consume a litre of vodka over a night. And know more people who consume their weekly units in one evening. Stupid of course, but nothing amazingly uncommon. |
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| bas |
| Does that mean that half of her blood is alcohol? Is that what BAC measures? |
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| getfoul |
1.0 would be 1% of her blood is alcohol.
.5 is half of 1%.
Legal limit in Washington is .08% |
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