He was drinking but it was like .05... Im not trying to defend him but that little bit of alcohol in your system wont do much of anything... What parent lets their 17 yr old son drive a viper or a suped up supra is beyond me. I know if I had either one of those at 17 I probably would have been in the same situation, except I dont let people ride in my car w/o wearing a seatbelt... Thank god for the 92' taurus