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Yubaru
Not surprising really! Just glad he didnt hurt anyone! Dude SHOULD be fired!
Disillusioned
What a load of crap! He is a police inspector and would be fully aware of the effects alcohol in the blood and how long it takes to dissipate from the body. He's just a pathetic liar with a very lame excuse. He should be charged to full extent of the law.
thepersoniamnow
Too bad for him that he’s a regular cop and not a white collar.
Guess the nice bowing and muttering option (for boys only) isn’t on the table? While drunk, do not operate vehicles on public roads! Simple
sir_bentley28
Well that explains the drinking!
seif
I thought you can't drive even if you have a drop of alcohol in your blood. I didn't know there was a legal limit.
Pukey2
On leave????!!!!!
Mocheake
Any amount is over the limit, correct? Must be a new method of curing illness: drink until you are drunk out of your mind.
K3PO
If the limit is zero, and his level was "roughly seven times Japan's legal limit", seven times zero is zero.
A good lawyer would get him off.
lucabrasi
The legal limit isn't zero.
This is a common misconception, probably because it's below the level at which any normal person would feel any kind of effect.
Strangerland
The legal limit is 0.03 if I recall correctly.
I may not be recalling correctly though. But as others have said, it’s not zero.
Yubaru
The legal limit is 0.03 if I recall correctly.
And it is up to the discretion of the officer at the scene whether or not they will charge the person with "driving under the influence".
If he was 7 times over that, he blew at .21 which is the reason for the "drunk" driving charge and not the lesser "driving under the influence" a difference between a possible 500,000 yen fine and 1,000,000
sensei258
He was quoted as saying 'I'm not so think as you drunk I am.'
sensei258
@ Yubaru - unless you are a police inspector, then it's punishable by a playful ribbing from your coworkers, and suspension with pay. But we all know there will be no followup story.
shogun36
Remind me never to hire him when I need an investigation solved.
sensei258
You can solve a crime, or complete an investigation, but you don't solve an investigation
Richard Burgan
The legal limit in Japan is 0.03% in Japan. In addition a police officer can judge you to be under the influence of alcohol based on your behavior or other evidence. It's up to a court to decide the penalty unless of course you cooperate and admit what you have done. Also, anyone who knows your are driving under the influence such as bar tenders, servers, restaurant owners, passengers, etc. can be held liable and penalized to the same level of DUI. So, for practical reasons, if you drink anything, don't drive! In the case of a police officer who gets caught DUI, he/she should get an extra stiff penalty.