A woman was allegedly behind the wheel while more than six times over the legal alcohol limit with two young children in the car.
About 3.15am on Thursday officers stopped the 39-year-old woman’s Hyundai Getz and breath tested her on Palomino Road in Emu Plains, western Sydney.
She was then arrested and a second breath test done at Penrith Police Station where she allegedly returned a 0.347 BAC reading.
NSW Police have charged two people with high range drink driving leading into the Easter long weekend in Sydney (file image)
A woman with two young passengers returned a BAC reading of more than six times the legal limit (stock image)
The woman had her driver’s license immediately suspended, and she was given notice to appear in court for high-range drink driving.
The woman was bailed to appear before Penrith Local Court on April 23.
According to health authorities a lethal level is about a 0.4 reading of blood alcohol content.
BAC is a good indicator of intoxication with one standard drink usually increasing a person’s reading by 0.01.
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According to Victoria’s Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service a lethal BAC is 0.4 while anything above 0.3 likely results in loss of awareness of surroundings and unconsciousness.
The woman was pulled over on Palamino Road Emu Plains (pictured)
In a second incident, a gold Mazda 3 was detected travelling at 183km/h on the Hume Highway at Prestons in Sydney’s south-west on Friday.
The highway is zoned at 100km/h in that area.
The car was stopped and a the 25-year-old driver was questioned after handing over his international driver’s license.
After returning a positive roadside breath test reading, he was transported to Liverpool Police Station where he underwent a secondary breath test in which he allegedly returned a reading of 0.153 BAC.
He was charged with drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, exceed speed limit more than 45 km/h and drive with high range drink driving.
His car registration was cancelled and his license suspended until his court hearing.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Liverpool Local Court on April 26.
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