Man Extreme DUI .328 - An Arizona man has been charged with super extreme DUI after recording a blood-alcohol content of .328 percent, officials said.
Scott Jarc, 52, was arrested around 4am Monday by Mohave County officials.
The Topock resident may now be facing four DUI charges but he is lucky to be alive after allegedly getting behind the wheel with enough alcohol in his body to put him in a coma.
In the early hours of Monday morning, officials pulled over Jarc after they spotted him speeding, reported AZCentral.
Deputies say they smelt alcohol as they approached Jarc’s car. He confessed to drinking earlier.
After field sobriety tests Jarc was arrested and tests later revealed his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to be .328 per cent.
The national legal limit for driving is .08 per cent.
With a 0.30 BAC a person tends to have little comprehension of where they are and ‘may pass out suddenly and be difficult to awaken’, according to alcohol awareness site, BARD.com.
Jarc was charged with DUI, DUI with a blood-alcohol concentration over .08 percent, extreme DUI with a blood-alcohol concentration over .15 percent, and super extreme DUI with a blood-alcohol concentration over .20 percent.
Jarc has since been released from jail, Trish Carter, a Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman told the MailOnline.
In January he was charged on four misdemeanour charges, including harassing phone calls. None of the January charges were driving related. what is super extreme dui
EFFECTS AT SPECIFIC BAC LEVELS
0.08 BAC: Slight impairment of balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearin. It is illegal to drive at this level.
0.10-0.125 BAC: Significant impairment of motor coordination and loss of good judgment. Speech may be slurred; balance, vision, reaction time and hearing will be impaired.
0.13-0.15 BAC: Gross motor impairment and lack of physical control. Blurred vision and major loss of balance. Judgment and perception are severely impaired.
0.16-0.19 BAC: Nausea may appear - the appearance of a "sloppy drunk."
0.20 BAC: May need help to stand or walk. If you injure yourself you may not feel the pain. Blackouts and vomiting likely at this level.
0.25 BAC: All mental, physical and sensory functions are severely impaired. Increased risk of asphyxiation from choking on vomit.
0.30 BAC: In a stupor. Little comprehension of where you are, may pass out suddenly and be difficult to awaken.
0.35 BAC: Coma is possible. This is the level of surgical anesthesia.
0.40 BAC upwards: Onset of coma, and possible death due to
respiratory arrest.
(Source: Be Responsible About Drinking - BARD)
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