The Drunkest Man In Germany: Foreign Driver With Deadly Blood Alcohol Level Arrested After Traveling 220 km/h On Autobahn

By Remix News

A foreign driver with an unbelievably high blood alcohol content (BAC), one that would routinely kill most people, decided to drive his car at an unbelievable 220 kilometers per hour (137 miles per hour) on the German autobahn. His passenger had an even higher blood alcohol content.

The man was traveling on the A67 in southern Hesse and was so drunk that most medical literature indicates that he should be dead or in a coma.

One witness followed the car and called the police after noticing the man zigzagging between lanes and driving in an erratic manner late one evening.

Officers stopped the car, which had foreign license plates, and checked both occupants of the vehicle in the parking lot of the A5 autobahn.

Incredibly, the passenger of the vehicle had an even higher blood alcohol level.

“A breathalyzer test carried out on the spot showed a blood alcohol level of 4.16 per mille for the driver and no blood alcohol level for the passenger, as the device switches off when the blood alcohol level reaches 5 per mille!” the police wrote in a statement, including an exclamation mark to indicate their shock.

The driver’s license was immediately confiscated, and he was taken into custody.

German media outlet Welt wrote that “The fact that there were no injuries or deaths was likely due to mere coincidence.”

In Germany, drivers are not permitted to drive with a blood alcohol level over 0.5 per mille or higher. At 1.1 per mille, it is a criminal offense, as the law states there is an “absolute inability to drive.”

“A blood alcohol level above 4 per mille poses an acute risk to life,” the ADAC, the German automobile club, the largest in Europe, writes. “Important protective reflexes are lost, those affected fall into a coma, and can suffer shock with progressive circulatory failure, even complete respiratory and cardiac arrest.”

A blood alcohol concentration of more than 5 per mille almost always leads to death.

The fact that the passenger had a blood alcohol level above 5 and did not die is remarkable in itself.

There is speculation about the identity of the foreigners; however, the German media did not indicate their nationality or what country the vehicle was registered under.

Although the 5 per mille level seems remarkable, it is far from the highest blood alcohol level ever recorded. One poorly sourced claim notes a Polish driver recorded an incredible 1.480 percent level, which was recorded after he crashed his car. Despite the level, he survived, only later to die from the injuries from the crash — and not the alcohol. However, the Guinness Book of World Records claims the highest level was 1.374 percent, also set by a Polish man who survived but suffered serious damage to his internal organs.