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R.I. man arrested with 0.491 blood alcohol level <!--startclickprintexclude-->

Stanley Kobierowski was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell. He was arraigned Tuesday on charges of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, and he was released after promising to appear Friday at a court hearing.

"The person's lucky they survived," O'Donnell said. "There's no doubt he would have gotten killed or killed someone if he had continued on the route he was taking."

A phone listing for Kobierowski could not be found, and he did not have a lawyer in court Tuesday.

Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence, O'Donnell said.

After police arrived, Kobierowski had trouble getting out of the car, then grabbed it and refused to move, forcing troopers to carry him to the breakdown lane before taking him back to their barracks, O'Donnell said.

A breath test showed blood alcohol readings of 0.489%, followed by 0.491, O'Donnell said, the highest readings state officials could remember for someone who didn't end up dead.

The legal limit in Rhode Island is 0.08. A level of 0.30 is classified as stupor, 0.4 is comatose and 0.5 is considered fatal, according to the health department.

I had one in the 4's but he was almost dead.

Driving; A female, .389% BAC, by blood draw. Ran three off the road before she got to my city. A DNR warden truck had to cut her off to get her to stop. Refused SFST and intoximeter, thankfully it was her 2nd, force draw. She never fought it, paid her citation and did 6 days in jail on weekends only.

Protective Custody: A female, .468. Professional to the hilt! 1.75ml bottle daily with a 12 pack of beer wash. Sobered up for about 2 years, fell off the wagon, and hit hard. Still locked up w/health care provider.

I had one that was.38, Believe it or not he did the field test pretty well. I was shocked when he blew that number. BTW I gave him 2 tests since I thought the Breathalyzer was working improperly..

BACK IN 2005 I HAD A WHITE MALE PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL AT A STOP SIGN. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY RESCUE BE POSTED A .555 .  WITHIN  A HOUR OF THE ARREST HE WAS UP AND WALKING . BIG TIME ALCHOLIC STATED HE WOULD DRINK MOUTH WASH TO STAY INTOXICATED WHEN HE RAN OUT OF BEER MONEY.

ONLY IN WISCONSIN.

It's been a while, but I want to say .35 BrAC which is a pain in the @$$ because when they hit .3 the jail wont take them I have to sit with them at the Hospital until they are under .3

chimp0082 says ...

.519% BAC by blood draw, alive and breathing aftering passing out at a light and then rolling into a parked car.  I roll up and see the two cars together, nobody called it in or anything.  She was passed out, empty bottle of Vodka and rock glass on the passenger floor, another 1/2 empty bottle next to that.  She woke up in ambulance on way to hospital.  Even at a .519 she was wide awake and wanted to fight me......LOL.  I kept the lab report for proof since I'm sure it will be the highest drunk I ever get plus nobody believes me when I tell them. Career alcoholic and going nowhere fast.  Kinda sad but you can't help those that won't help themselves or don't want the help!!!

Did you tell him to follow the bannana with his eyes and his eyes only?

I am not going there on the banana part......reminds of the Ga. intoxilizer joke tho.......

I worked  DWI patrol for five years and the highest I got was a .38%.  They were walking and talking.  Life long alcoholic.

mdenton924 says ...

.555, .519! Whew!  Been workin' DUI's for 15 years now.  Highest I ever got was .36, walkin' & talkin' just like you and me, my boss didn't think he'd blow .10(yep, back in the day).  Was his forty-eleventh dui.   Highest I ever saw was .41, workin' for the S.O., drove her car into a lake & OHP brought her in after the hospital stay.

Isn't that crazy? He's probably driving drunk as we speak right now- you realize that right? It's funny how there are so strict laws about purchasing guns, but nothing to check a background to purchase a car...

Had a rather large native american who had a .5(way up there), I don't remember the exact score but it wasn't the booze that killed him it was the bridge he hit with his cycle!

The highest I ever made an arrest for was .29BAC  The highest I ever saw was when I was still a communications officer and ran the intoximeter for one of my officers. A female who had been swimming I think in some "home brew" registered .34BAC