Driving while vehicle is intoxicated

Just heard on the news that some bloke got his horse drunk before running down a pedestrian with his carriage. The man was arrested on a Third Degree Murder charge! What happens if you hit somebody while your car is running on ethanol?

Just heard on the news that some bloke got his horse drunk before running down a pedestrian with his carriage. The man was arrested on a Third Degree Murder charge! What happens if you hit somebody while your car is running on ethanol?

Your vehicle being an inanimate object, I don't think you have an argument! Even with the horse you are on very thin ice.

[David M. Bueker]

What happens if you hit somebody while your car is running on ethanol?

Likely only a problem for Danica Patrick in the near term.