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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Since Drinking and driving is an illegal action and the act has the strong capability of causing grievous damage, and you make a decision to drink and drive, I would argue that the act of drinking and driving is wreckless disregard.
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The definition of murder which is "causing death while committing another illegal act" has a very restricted set of crimes that apply. They're all crimes that involve exerting some measure of control over the victim, like kidnapping, hijacking, rape, and robbery.
I did some research last night and it seems the harshest sentence given out for drinking and driving causing death is "criminal negligence causing death", which has a maximum sentence of 25 years but no minimum (unless the death is caused by a firearm, in which case the minimum sentence is 5 years).