Teacher Arrested for DUI at Five Times the Legal Limit at Lunch Time!

According to reports, UK supply teacher Karen Howard, 44, started drinking the night before and doesn't really remember how much booze she had before cops picked her up driving at lunch time. One thing they do know: her blood alcohol content was nearly 5 times the legal limit. Not sure how much that is exactly in the UK< but in the US it would be around .40 % (the legal limit in most states is .08%) a point at which most folks are comatose or dead . . . but usually not behind the wheel. Here's more from IC Wales:

Supply teacher Karen Howard, 44, gave one of the highest alcohol readings ever seen by a city court – a level described by the judge as “phenomenal”.
Defending solicitor John Young said his client, from Roath, Cardiff, had not committed any traffic offence while driving but added: “In all the years I’ve been practising, to have a reading this high – I certainly have not come across it.
“The drinking had been from the night before. She’d been to a choir rehearsal. After that rehearsal there was a private function where she remained until 1.30am. She’s uncertain about how much she did drink.
“She did have a lift home that night. She said the next morning that she wasn’t hungover.
“She was dumbfounded when she was stopped. She didn’t realise the significance of the reading until I told her.
“She says she has no drink problem. We appear to have an instance of someone who had an excessive amount to drink the night before, and felt fit to drive. She said she did have control of the car.