Drivers could find themselves in the back of a paddy wagon just for enjoying a traditional Easter snack. Hot cross buns appear to give a false positive reading for alcohol in breath tests, even if the driver hasn't had a single sip to drink. A truck driver demonstrated how the popular festive treat - which hit Australian supermarket shelves on Boxing Day - affects breath readings. She then took just one bite of a standard fruit hot cross bun, swallowed, and tried the test again on the same machine. This time the screen showed a reading of 0.018 - meaning just one bun would likely produce a result of more the legal limit of 0.05.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2019 03:02 UTC