Man blows 2.4 per mille and asks officers: “Couldn't that be a little lower, like friends among themselves?”

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J.R. was due to appear in court on Friday after being caught driving with 2.4 per mille of alcohol in his blood. The police, your friend, took R. a little too literally. “We're friends among each other anyway, so that level can't go down a bit,” he asked the officers.

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Tens of thousands of drivers are caught on Lithuanian roads who are really drunk or who have not yet completely sobered up in the morning. Some members of the Seimas Health Committee have suggested that the permissible blood alcohol concentration should be tightened to zero per mille for all drivers. This means that fines in the thousands would be imposed not only on those who are significantly drunk, but also on those who have only had a few si…