Plaintiff sued Defendant Auto Manufacturing for his wife's death, claiming that a defective steering mechanism on the family car caused it to veer off the road and hit a tree when his wife was driving. Defendant claims that the steering mechanism was damaged in the collision and offers testimony that the deceased wife was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Testimony concerning the wife's intoxication is 
admissible to provide an alternate explanation of the accident's cause. admissible as proper evidence of the wife's character. inadmissible, because it is improper to prove character evidence by specific conduct.  inadmissible, because it is substantially more prejudicial than probative.