Driver caught in broad daylight with 4.9‰ BAC: Bocanjevac "record holder" faces serious fines

A 54-year-old man was caught by the Croatian police "wasted" from drinking, while behind the wheel in the middle of the day

The man from Croatia could be ordered to pay a fine in the amount of 20,000 kunas (around 2,650 euros) or go to prison for 60 days, after he was caught driving completely drunk in broad daylight.

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On Wednesday, the Osijek-Baranja police stopped the driver who had blood alcohol content (BAC) of 4.9 permilles, the Ministry of the Interior announced.

The driver was stopped during traffic control at 13:15 hours, in Bocanjevci near Belisce. A test showed that the 54-year-old had a BAC of as much as 4.9 permilles.

"For the committed misdemeanor, a maximum fine in the amount of up to 20,000 kunas or imprisonment for up to 60 days, a protective measure of a ban on driving of B category motor vehicles for up to 12 months and six negative misdemeanor points are envisaged," the police stressed.

According to medical interpretations, a concentration of four or more permilles of alcohol in the blood can cause death by depressing breathing, inducing very low blood pressure or suffocation due to vomiting because of the lack of reflex to expel fluid from the lungs.

The fact that deaths in such circumstances are rare and that some even dare to get behind the wheel in this condition are explained by doctors by such infamous "record holders" mostly being "trained" in drinking alcohol, that is, consuming it for a long time and thus raising the body's sensitivity threshold to alcohol poisoning.

(Telegraf.rs)a"