Posted on 10/21/2018 6:09:43 AM PDT by SMGFan
CNN) – The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the probable cause of a crash that killed 12 people on a church bus near Concan, Texas, in March 2017 was that the 20-year-old man whose truck hit the bus was under the influence of marijuana and a sedative.
In its report, the board says that there has been an increase in the number of drug-impaired drivers across the country and that something must be done about it.
That call to action seems to match up with a report released Thursday from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute.
(Excerpt) Read more at denver.cbslocal.com ...
“Can that behavior be kept to the confines of your own home?”
Sure.
People have booze. Get a buzz or have too many, and then sleep off their hangover the next day.
Happens every week in this country on Friday or Saturday.
Driver's marijuana, sedative use led to crash that killed 13 in Texas church bus, NTSB says
We have laws against driving while impaired by alcohol, and we ought to have similar laws regarding pot - but no more - unless alcohol DUI is a good argument for banning alcohol (again).
My sincere condolences....anyone who said legalizing was a good idea was foolish. Workplace injuries, vehicle injuries and deaths....decay of society in general.
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