The Most Intoxicated Driver in Germany: Foreign Motorist Arrested with Lethal Blood Alcohol Level After Speeding at 220 km/h on Autobahn
By Remix News
A foreign driver with an alarmingly high blood alcohol content, a level that would typically be fatal for most individuals, was caught driving his vehicle at an astonishing speed of 220 kilometers per hour (137 miles per hour) on the German autobahn. His passenger was found to have an even higher blood alcohol content.
The incident took place on the A67 in southern Hesse, where the man’s extreme intoxication would typically result in death or a coma according to medical standards.
A witness who noticed the erratic driving behavior of the vehicle late at night called the police, leading to the car being stopped and inspected by officers in the parking lot of the A5 autobahn.
The breathalyzer test revealed a blood alcohol level of 4.16 per mille for the driver, with the device shutting off for the passenger at 5 per mille due to the extreme intoxication levels.
The driver’s license was immediately revoked, and he was taken into custody.
German media outlet Welt reported that the absence of any injuries or fatalities was likely a stroke of luck.
In Germany, driving with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.5 per mille is prohibited, with a level of 1.1 per mille considered a criminal offense due to the “absolute inability to drive” as per the law.
The ADAC, Europe’s largest automobile club, warns that a blood alcohol level above 4 per mille poses a severe risk to life, leading to loss of protective reflexes, coma, shock, circulatory failure, and even respiratory and cardiac arrest.
While it is astonishing that the passenger survived with a blood alcohol level exceeding 5 per mille, the nationality of the individuals and the country of registration of the vehicle remain undisclosed.
Although a blood alcohol level of 5 per mille is extraordinary, it is not the highest ever recorded, with claims of a Polish driver reaching 1.480 percent after a car crash. The Guinness Book of World Records cites 1.374 percent as the highest recorded level by a Polish man who survived but suffered severe organ damage.
Source: Tyler Durden
Published on: Sun, 08/24/2025 – 09:20