Driver In Northern Ireland Was So Drunk That He Broke Police Breathalyser

Dunk as a skunk, literally! A driver in Northern Ireland was so drunk he broke a police?breathalyser and has been charged with reckless driving.?

The intoxicated man was stopped by the police during the early hours of Sunday morning (28 March), on Tobermore Road in the city of Londonderry, Daily Mail reported.

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Police Mid Ulster

When officers breathalysed the driver, the device was unable to take a reading because his blood alcohol concentration was too high.

The officers then took the?drunken man to a police station where he tested again,?blowing a staggering 180 on the machine, making him more than five times the legal limit.

It is being said that the accused?recorded one of the highest drunk driver readings in?UK?history.?

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The current legal driving limit for alcohol in the UK is 35 micrograms per?100 millilitres of breath - although Scotland has a lower limit of 22 micrograms.??

Mid Ulster?Police?slammed the driver in a Facebook post, describing him as a 'wannabe killer'.

The post read: "A real sense of anger here tonight, we have just recorded one of the highest ever drunk driver readings in Northern Ireland and indeed the UK.?The breathalyser couldn't register a reading when he was tested in the car because it was so high (they have a limit of 220) and when tested in custody after being taken to the station and booked in, he blew 180 on the evidential machine. The limit is 35."

"Crews caught this wannabee killer on the Tobermore Road weaving like a snake, he ended up in an innocent person's garden.?It's a miracle that we don't have officers calling at someone's house tonight, to deliver a death message to a family of a loved one who has been mowed down and killed. Not that the drunk at the wheel of this car seemed to care in the slightest, he was so out of it he'd no concept of what was going on," it added

It was reported that the driver is in custody and will be appearing at?Magherafelt Magistrates Court on Wednesday 21st April. As is normal procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.

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