What is the impact of a near-miss involving a drunk driver?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Moore, 114 Cal.Rptr.3d 540, 187 Cal.App.4th 937 (Cal. App. 2010):
In People v. Watson, the defendant had a blood alcohol level of .23 percent, drove through a red light, narrowly avoiding a collision, then accelerated to more than 80 miles per hour, and collided with a vehicle in an intersection, killing two people. Moore points out that he was not under the influence of alcohol, and that he did not have a prior warning such as the near-miss provided in Watson.
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