Everyone is more safe with him as a hood ornament.
Dammit. That would've made a good defense.
A jury of Tony Stewart fans would've bought that hook, line and sinker.
Ward was driving a race car and could have killed someone else.”””
Let’s think this out a little further:
Did the parents who were bankrolling this racing team know that their son was using pot? Any amount of Pot? Enough to IMPAIR HIS JUDGEMENT???? Did they condone this??
How about any other members of the team??? Any of the mechanics?? The guy who drives the rig to the racetrack??? The mechanic makes a mistake & the car is out of control.......Any number of things can go wrong.
There is a wide range of questions that are buzzing around my head over this.
The family is threatening more actions—and is pissed that “things are NOT being focused on their son”.
Would it have made ANY difference whether the driver he walked into had been Tony-—or one of his home town pals? He was waling into traffic on a dark track in a dark driving suit & he was IMPAIRED by drugs!!!!!
Was this kid a hot head in other ways? Did he lose his temper & make faulty moves in the past?
IF I were the parents of this kid, I would be pretty damn quiet by now & I wouldn’t be acting like being high on POT in a field full of racing vehicles isn’t any big thing. I would be severely rethinking a civil suit. That would mean that any & all actions of this kid would be brought up in open court.
I certainly hope that every single racing sanctioning body takes this seriously & makes drug tests mandatory & random without notice.
It is a sad remark to have to make, but this kid could have crashed into the crowd & taken out a whole lot of people....who were only there to enjoy the evening.
All of this highlights my concerns about ‘medical pot’ and ‘recreational pot’ being allowed....anywhere at anytime.
Sooner or later, the car accidents will climb up & the insurance companies will be raising their rates again. It already is somewhat dangerous to drive in the USA, but this opens a whole new chapter of trouble.