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Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 01:08 PM Sep 2018

Hugo Lloris fined and banned for being 'completely drunk' while driving

The 31-year-old Frenchman caught police attention when he was spotted “veering” across Gloucester Place in central London in a new Porsche Panamera, doing 15mph in a 30mph zone, and going through a red light in the early hours of 24 August.

Westminster magistrates’ court heard officers spotted vomit in the car, which was carrying an unnamed passenger, while Lloris, of East Finchley in north London, had to be helped from the vehicle. He pleaded guilty to being more than two times the legal drink-drive limit and was fined £50,000.

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He said the officers saw there was a passenger in the front of the car and vomit nearby. Lloris was later “helped from the car”, and gave a sample containing 80 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit in England and Wales is 35mcg.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/12/hugo-lloris-drink-drive-twice-limit



If I understand the math correctly, the Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper's blood alcohol level would have been equivalent to a US BAC% of 0.08, which is exactly the legal limit in the US vs 0.035 in the UK. He was fined £50,000 and lost his license for 20 months. Rather a difference.
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