A Rhode Island man, who was arrested by Providence police early Tuesday, after he crashed into a road sign, was tested as having a blood alcohol level of 0.491 percent, which is six times the legal limit. The legal limit in the state is 0.08 per cent.

According to the state police, Stanley Kobierowski, 34, had a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level at the highest ever recorded by police, setting a new state record. He certainly won’t receive a prize for that…

Kobierowski was pulled over by police after driving his car into an electronic message sign on Interstate 95 in Providence. Due to his intoxicated state, police struggled to get him out of his vehicle. He was then taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell, according to the Associated Press.

He was arraigned on charges of drunk driving and resisting arrest, but was released after promising to appear Friday at a court hearing.

O’Donnell said the man was very lucky to survive, adding that he would have surely killed himself or someone else if he had kept driving in his state.

As across the country police are continuously reporting incidents of extreme drunk driving, with people so much intoxicated they should be dead, some states decided to require convicted drunk drivers who have tested well over the legal limit to install in their cars ignition interlock devices that prevent drunks from starting the automobile.