JayS:
Do you know the details of this crash? Was the tow truck in the right lane? Was it clearly visible? Did it have the proper flashers going? Flares out? Was this on a curve?
The fact is we don’t know the details. The crash I did know the details about was the one on Transit which is why I used it as my arguement against stupidly low BAC limits being tied to heavy mandatory sentences.
If you’re going to make .08 murder you better look at all the other things that take away a driver’s ability to be in 100% control of the car. Cell phone conversations (hands free or not), conversations with passengers, reading a nav system, changing CD’s, scanning radio stations, eating, drinking, smoking and keeping an eye on an infant to name a few.
I understand what your saying. But the things you are using to make a comparision are really kind of different. I can multitask with the best of them but throw a .08 on top of that and things change a little.