But officer, it was only 20 litres of beer

[clontaago]

A MOTORIST stopped by Bulgarian police after a minor traffic accident admitted he had drunk 20 litres of beer - and promptly passed out, local TV reported.

The man had a blood alcohol reading more than double the level usually considered lethal, bTV TV said.

The 25-year old driver, who was not named, registered 0.851 blood alcohol content. Bulgaria's legal limit is 0.05 percent, and 0.40 is often fatal.

Bulgarian police have upped the number of road checks lately following a spate of serious accidents.

More than 1000 people were killed in road accidents in 2007 in Bulgaria, which has a population of 7.7 million.

 

[Chip and Chase]

Now that's a binge.

 

[Dan]

WTF
0.851 that is no small mircale that he was alive let alone able to drive

 

[DVS Matt]

surely not

 

[The Gronk]

I heard that when he finally broke the seal he caused a tidal wave that flooded most of eastern Europe. 

 

[clontaago]

I have heard of a bloke somewhere in Eastern Europe previously blowing .5 or something like that, but .8 is just crazy.