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No, but one is much more likely to be involved in a bane crash when drunk.
What exactly is "left lane blocking" 4042A 5 mph differential for a long line of vehicles is not a reasonable rate. It's micropbutting IMO. If my pbutting differential is limited to 5mph because of safety, I...
Well, there are problems with the way the NHTSA defines "alcohol related." That aside, buttuming the driver had a BAC of over 0.10, I'd say that has a lot more to do with the cause of the crash than going over the speed limit is.
Or, more likely than not, they wouldn't have crashed.
How is it leaping. Practically everyone speeds. Not too many people drive drunk. Yet drunk drivers are involved in bane crashes far more often than other drivers. Therefore, it stands to reason that intoxication is a much more important factor in bane crashes than driving over the speed limit.
Consider that if 31% of bane crashes are speed related, then that means that 68 plus 1% of bane crashes are not speed related. Also consider the fact that anywhere from 60 to 100 percent of drivers speed on highways. If 60 to 100 percent are speeding, but speeding is a factor in 31% of crashes, it stands to reason that you're more likely to get into a bane crash if you're not speeding.
I'm interested in the cause of the crash. Saying that the crash was caused by a driver with a 0.13 BAC is much more informative than saying that the crash was "speed related" because investigators found that the drunk driver was going 10 mph over the speed limit.
You got me there as well. I certainly never made that buttertion.
The stats I quoted were directly from the NHTSA.
If you want more, take a look at page 34 (of 260) of the pdf file here:
You'll see that about 1.19% of crashes have exceeding the posted limit as a contributing factor.
