Speaking to the negative drug test result. I'm still on the side that
cell phone or other similar electronic devices used while driving should be
charged with the same harshness as DUI. If someone is killed due to the use, it
should also be charged the same as killing while under the influence. I think
they call it here in Washington State, vehicular manslaughter.
While I agree we can't regulate stupidity, we can regulate actions
stemming from that stupidity.
However, I have to admit, the DUI laws in Washington state have gone
totally wacky. We have instances of people charged with DUI while on bicycles.
Others charged with DUI while asleep in their parked cars because they had
their keys with them and were considered "in physical control of the vehicle",
even though it was stopped, parked and off. I think Washington state is
striving for a return of those blue laws, or where they called dry laws. I
don't remember.
Jeff Miles
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On Jan 27, 2010, at 6:04 AM, Sue Cubic wrote:
> At 08:03 AM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
>> I agree and some of the biggest offenders are law enforcement and government.
>
> There is no official word yet on this one, but generally accepted that this
> is what happened in this accident:
> http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101210382
>
> [clips]
> SIDNEY -- The first female New York state trooper was killed in the line of
> duty when her patrol car drifted across the center line of Route 23 and
> collided with a westbound tractor-trailer, state police said Thursday.
>
> The speed limit was 55 mph, but speed was not a factor based on interviews
> with people who witnessed the crash, Molinari said. He also said drug
> screening came back negative, but police haven't ruled out the possibility
> that the trooper may have been using a cell phone or texting at the time of
> the crash.
>
> Sue
>
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