Wine Tasting and Driving DO NOT Mix

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San Francisco woman gets almost four years in jail for wine tasting DUI deaths http://ht.ly/3rYU4
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A San Francisco woman was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison in Sonoma County Superior Court Friday afternoon for a crash that killed two women and injured three others after a wine tasting outing in July.  She was aware of the dangers of drinking and driving because she was a bartender in Virginia and had been a designated driver in the past. Murray-Mazany made a "selfish decision" to drive anyway after wine tasting.  The Judge said giving the defendant probation and not state prison would send the wrong message to wine tasters who drink and drive in the county.
Murray-Mazany told the CHP that she and her three passengers, who were not injured, had been wine tasting in the Dry Creek and Geyserville area. She said she believed her car's brakes failed. Murray-Mazany pleaded guilty in October to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI, and DUI with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more. Her blood-alcohol level at the crash site was 0.10 percent, and then 0.09 percent a half-hour later, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office said. A driver is considered legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent.
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Comments:
I will always ask my readers not to drink and drive. This is a serious offense and the number one killer on roads. Please click on the link, read this article in full and take it to heart. Please take wine tours, wait and give your body time to get the alcohol out of your blood stream, or designate a driver before going to wine tastings. The crash in the above article was in Sonoma and I have blogged mainly about Colorado so far. Please remember that when tasting in CO. you are much higher with less oxygen. This already causes some problems for those not accustomed to the altitude, but when alcohol is added it is that much more dangerous combination. I enjoy traveling and visiting wineries, but I never overindulge and my husband and I switch off when visiting who will drink and who will spit when tasting. Do not Drink and Drive. I would hate to read about one of you in the paper. Thank you for visiting my site and blog. Have a Safe and Merry Christmas.