Need supertrains or at least trolleys and buses when on the meds
Another reason to ride the trolley (or bus, if need be):
In one such case in Wisconsin, a former physician slammed his S.U.V. into a Honda Accord in April 2008, killing the pregnant driver and her 10-year-old daughter. Prosecutors said the physician, Mark Benson, had high levels of the sleep aid Ambien in his system, as well as Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, and oxycodone, an opiate painkiller. Mr. Benson was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Defendants can try to prove that they did not realize their medication would affect their driving, prosecutors said, but that argument may not hold up if the bottle had a warning label.
"Would you go home and start a chain saw and cut down a tree?" said Lt. Col. Thomas C. Hejl, the assistant sheriff in Calvert County, Md. "Why should you get behind the wheel of a vehicle when the same medication has the same side effects?"
U.S.
Drivers on Prescription Drugs Are Hard to Convict
By ABBY GOODNOUGH and KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: July 24, 2010
The issue is vexing police because there is no agreement on what level of drugs in the blood impairs driving