Overview

• A witness spotted the erratic driving late in the evening on the A67 in southern Hesse, called police, and followed the car.
• Officers intercepted a vehicle with a foreign license plate and checked both occupants at a parking area beside the A5.
• The driver’s on-site breath test measured 4.16‰, while the device showed no value for the passenger because it shuts off at 5‰, police said.
• The driver’s license was confiscated immediately, and no injuries or crashes were reported.
• German law prohibits driving from 0.5‰ and treats more than 1.1‰ as a criminal offense, and ADAC warns levels above 4‰ are acutely life-threatening.