Woman's grass and weed eating ploy failed to fool breathalyzer

When police in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung stopped a woman riding a motorcycle for speeding and suspected drunk driving, she leaned down and ripped up a handful of grass and weeds, stuffing them into her mouth.



The arresting officer couldn’t help but laugh at her strange behaviour, especially when the woman, 24-year-old Lin Kaohsiung, insisted he wait for her to finish chewing before asking her to blow into a breathalyzer.



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After chewing for several minutes, Ms Kaohsiung finally blew into the breathalyzer and was found to be more than ten times the legal limit.

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When the officer asked Ms Kaohsiung what she thought chewing on the grass would accomplish she explained she thought the grassy scent on her breath would fool the machine. Ms Kaohsiung, who has been stopped for drunk driving before, works at a bar where she often drinks until the crack of dawn with patrons before making her way back home.