Overview

• Officers discovered the 23-year-old asleep at a traffic light with the engine running after responding to a stalled vehicle report.
• It took several minutes for the patrol to rouse the driver before administering a breathalyzer on the scene.
• The breath test reading of 1.42‰ exceeded Germany’s legal limit of 0.5‰ by nearly threefold.
• At the police station, authorities drew a blood sample and officially seized his driver’s license.
• The young man now faces charges for driving under the influence under German traffic law.