[olddog]

Patrickt - I know enough to know I do not understand law.

In Ohio, if you are drinking and driving and kill a drinking budy who is with you, you will actually do 3 years prison time. I know, as my neighbor boy, who was like my third son, died as a passenger. I knew all involved and this is very factual.

A man I knew when he was a child, his daughter unhooked a seat belt to pick up a book she dropped. At that moment another car came left of center and hit them head on. The girl was killed. Her sister also testified that they both had on seat belts, but she had unbuckled it. The father did 8 months, because she was not in a seat belt. Lost his job, house, etc. I followed this in the news and talked to his step mother. I do not know this case as well.

Bottom line, in this state if someone dies in a car accident, the person at fault will at a minimum do jail time. If negligent, prison time is typical. I doubt very seriously that loosing control of a Cobra, while hot rodding, and killing some one, you could ovoid prison time.

I am curious about your Sate. It would seem your laws are different.