For contributory negligence in intoxicated driver cases, the relevant risk of harm is the broad risk of injury from travelling with an intoxicated driver, not the specific manner in which the accident occurred. The risk of careless driving and the risk of irresponsible or deliberate dangerous driving are not to be considered separately where each results from the driver's intoxication. A 10% reduction was held just and equitable where the passenger was 16 years old, had only slight knowledge of the driver's impairment, and the driver engaged in deliberately reckless conduct.
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