State v. Ynocenscio’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is sufficient that he intend [sic] to drive as he did. Here, there is no question that Ynocenscio intended to pass a vehicle in the fog. This action was more than mere negligence. Passing in a fog which restricts visibility, even in an area normally safe for passing, is as reckless as passing on a curve without being able to see around the bend or passing upon approaching a hill without being able to see above the crest. Such a driver is gambling on an empty highway with potential death as the stakes. The fact that the defendant was not speeding, was driving on a straight section of the highway, and in a vehicle which was mechanically sound, does not lessen the recklessness of his action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Berube v. State