Paphos Life

A 57-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Sunday for drunk driving with nearly seven times the permitted level when on the opposite side of the road....

Read the article and chat about it below...

Interesting how stories vary....

The mans' age increased by a year according to In-Cyprus news report and so did the number of times he was over the limit but Cyprus Mail say he was 56yrs of age and almost 6 times over the legal limit of alcohol.

A driver who was almost six times over the limit caused an accident in Paphos on Sunday evening.
The 56-year-old man was driving on the wrong side of Europa Avenue at around 9.10pm when two cars collided while trying to avoid him.
Nobody was injured in the crash but both vehicles were damaged.

A breathalyser registered the driver who caused the accident at 122μg, almost six times the legal limit of 22μg, and he was arrested.

Chinese whispers or just bad reporting?

Perhaps the drunk guy was out celebrating his birthday?

With regards to to how many times he was over the limit, they aren't that different. CM has 122, whereas IC said an initial reading of 150 followed by 126, so there was only 4 points in it.

Drunk-driver has licence taken away

A 56-YEAR-OLD male driver who was almost six times over the limit and caused an accident in Paphos on Sunday evening, was fined on Monday and his licence was taken away for four months.

The man was driving on the wrong side of Europa Avenue at around 9.10pm when two cars – one of them carrying an infant – collided while trying to avoid him. Nobody was injured in the crash but both vehicles were damaged.

A breathalyser registered the 56-year-old at 122μg, almost six times the legal limit of 22μg, and he was arrested and brought to court on Monday.


Court ordered that he paid a €1,150 fine, received five penalty points on his driver’s licence and had his licence taken from him for four months.

source:- http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/05/08/drunk ... aken-away/

Not long enough, I feel but at least he didn't just get a slapped wrist and told he was a naughty boy....

It does not say that he was "crazy" anywhere in the article. That is just an opinion and not fact.

Alan

Anybody driving 6 times over the limit is not of sound mind, unless their drinks have been spiked, of course.