Man fails breathalyser test after 'eating exotic fruit'
People are being warned against eating an exotic fruit while driving after a man surprisingly blew over the limit.
A clip uploaded to Chinese website Pear Video shows a man being pulled over on 17 April and failing a breathalyser test.
He justified the reading by saying he ate durian fruit – known as the world’s stinkiest fruit and apparently one that can put you over the limit.
According to the BBC, a blood test later confirmed there was actually no alcohol in the man’s system.
In the Pear Video clip, a police officer experiments with the fruit and a breathalyser about a week after the man was pulled over.
The officer discovered his blood alcohol level increased after eating the fruit, with a recording of just over 0.03.
The legal limit in China is 0.02, about 20mg per 100ml.
Just minutes after the original reading, the police officer returns a reading of zero.
The officer then warns others not the eat the fruit while driving as it can return a positive reading, the BBC reported.
The warning also extends to people considering eating lychees or using mouthwash behind the wheel.
In January, a West Australian trucker showed how eating hot cross buns could land drivers in trouble.
In the video, the driver Heather Jones blows 0.018 after just one bite.
