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To: Ramius
"Say some drunk driver is sitting at a red light and gets rear-ended at high speed— knocking his car into a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Does the DUI make it his fault there too? No..."

No. But he was breaking the law by driving drunk regardless of any ill or good effects of his foray. Should the driver in the real accident and the one in your hypothetical be excused/busted because they were/were not drunk?

The answer is "no". Drunk driving is a crime, whether the drunk is snoring in an idling car at a commuter lot or plowing into a motorcycle group at speed.

Your serve.

66 posted on 11/16/2010 5:19:45 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

The ignorant here won’t answer this question below.
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CHP said he reeked/SMELLED of alcohol and was arrested on suspension of DUI.

Question:

If the Mexican was drunk and or *impaired* by alcohol, could this have been a cause of him losing control of his vehicle, crossing the center line and killing the American bikers?

Yes or no?


72 posted on 11/16/2010 5:26:56 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

Well, of course he should be punished for DUI if he was drunk. I even said that. But the question about who’s at fault for vehicular manslaughter is still an open question.


75 posted on 11/16/2010 5:30:48 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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