Tony Stewart cleared by a grand jury from charges

GTAdawg

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Investigative report shows that the driver that Stewart struck was under the influence of marijuana, and was "significant enough to impair judgment".
 

o_1984Dawg

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I've found myself on Tony Stewart's side of this thing but that seems like a stupid reason to exonerate him.
 

Dawg1976

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Yeah. If he hit him on purpose, it doesn't matter if the victim was under the influence. But, I'm sure it was almost impossible to tell from the film if it was on purpose. No one will ever know other than Stewart.
 

patdog

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That wasn't the reason the grand jury didn't indict Stewart. That was just the results of the toxicology tests. The reason they didn't indict Stewart was from their review of the video evidence and interviews with the witnesses, they didn't find any evidence that there was any intent or negligence by Stewart.
 

GTAdawg

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Never said that was the reason

He wasn't indicted. Just pointing out the headline I saw from the article.
 

The Peeper

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Bottom line for me. Tony Stewart is 1 of the worlds top speed drivers. Tony Stewart is and has been a confrontational *******. Tony Stewart was involved in a driving incident about 1 minute before other confronted driver was run over and killed.
 

Wicked Pissah

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I agree with the ruling but to bring pot into it is stupid.

He couldve smoked a joint 3 weeks ago and tested positive. Same way tony couldve had 1 beer an hour before the race and be in jail for 10 years for vehicular manslaughter.

Dumb. Both were at fault but tony shouldnt go to jail.
 

thatsbaseball

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Hadn`t smoked in a long while but when we did going fast in a car was the last thing we wanted to do. Driving a race car "under the influence" would have been out of the question. WTH
 

Wicked Pissah

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If you smoke a joint 3 weeks before you drive a car, you arent "under the influence". Anyone that says otherwise is a dumbass or has never smoked.

Just because it is in your system a month later, doesnt mean you are impaired. It isnt like alcohol. Hell, he couldve smoked 100 joints 12 hours before and not have any effects. Just dumb stupid ignorant laws. Smoking all day isnt like drinking all day . You dont wake up the next day "off".
 

thatsbaseball

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I`m just going by the OP saying "significant enough to impair judgment" . I have no idea if they can measure amounts of marijuana in the blood or just merely it`s presence. I know they can`t tell what an individual`s tolerance is for the drug. I guess my question was has the effect of the drug changed with it`s potency through the years. The main "impairment" it had on our driving 100 years ago was that we tended to drive too slow.
 

Wicked Pissah

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I guess if you take adderall once, you are "impaired" 2 months later.

Look, I think this was avoidable but call it like it is. Both eff'd up. Not every situation calls for someone to be sued or go to jail.
 

thekimmer

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Doesn't matter if he was stone cold sober.....

Investigative report shows that the driver that Stewart struck was under the influence of marijuana, and was "significant enough to impair judgment".

If it were my family member I would no doubt have a different opinion but the fact is the guy got out of his car and went running toward cars on a racetrack with an active race going on. I feel for him but that is enough right there to exonerate anybody of any wrong doing unless he was flat running the other direction and deliberately run down.