One of the most difficult questions...

[AlexGTV]

...You are with your close friend in his car, in a remote forest, and he is driving. Suddenly your friend loses control and runs over a lone pedestrian and kills him. He then decides to continue driving.

The only ones who know about this are you and your friend.

What you do? You inform the police afterwards and restore justice or protect your close friend?

 

[disinfected]

Might as well inform the police. They are going to find out, anyways. And if they found out you were in the car as well and didn't say anything, you are also going to be in trouble.

 

[AlexGTV]

If there isn't a chance they will find out?

 

[disinfected]

I think in this case with someone dead, you need to inform someone. Chances are it won't be your fault if they were walking in the street.




Hundred dollar note on the ground? Fair game, I'm not turning that in!

 

[Liquid]

It may be a sensitive issue, but I'd watch out. We're not supposed to discuss illegal activities or occurances on the forum.

 

[Azure Flare]

I'd keep it a secret, but only after the evidence is hidden of course.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

I'd inform the police but noon of my close friends would run away after hurting someone with their car and if they do I'll pull the handbrake, that person might still be alive and we can still save him. YOu have no way to tell he's dead unless you stop.

 

[TankAss95]

I'd keep it a secret, but only after the evidence is hidden of course.

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I'd definitely inform the police.

 

[Mr. S]

Justice all the way.

 

[Akira AC]

I would write a script about it, with a guy using a hook while wearing a raincoat.


It could make for a pretty average movie.

 

[Diego440]

Think of it the other way around: you're walking in the forest on your own, out of nowhere a car comes and runs over you, killing you instantly and driving off.

 

[Danoff]

Think of it the other way around: you're walking in the forest on your own, out of nowhere a car comes and runs over you, killing you instantly and driving off.

What do you do?


Anyway you're potentially conspirator to murder if you don't call the police. If it was an accident, your friend should even want to come clean, and it's best for him.

(This is not a difficult question btw)

 

[disinfected]

You're driving in your car in a remote forest.

"What am I doing in a remote forest at night?"

 

[AlexGTV]

^That's just the scenario that there are no other cars or people. And since the lone pedestrian gets killed only you and your friend know about it.

 

[Liquid]

But then a portion of internet know about it. If police find the body, they will investigate.

It's a no brainer.

 

[AlexGTV]

...And they will find nothing?

 

[Liquid]

Well with a conscience as clear/cynical as that, why bother asking us what we would do?

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

I'd go back later and eat the body. Every remote forest needs a cannibal. Reggae reggae sauce can make anything taste great.

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

I'd go back later and eat the body. Every remote forest needs a cannibal. Reggae reggae sauce can make anything taste great.

Best post ever!

 

[Slash]

More than likely me friend and I would freak out and inform the police that it was an accident.

 

[AlexGTV]

Well with a conscience as clear/cynical as that, why bother asking us what we would do?

This question came up at a lesson about ethical behaviour. The professor said it's among those questions that heavily bifurcate people.

You might as well put your father or son as the driver.

 

[Liquid]

Right, now I understand.

Most of us here would tell the police I think, as would I. Wouldn't want to be an accessory to murder or pervert the course of justice.

 

[Aldo]

Just blame it on Mad Max.

 

[disinfected]

The brutally honest opinion says whoever was walking the street near a dark, desolate forest was asking for it anyways.

 

[Diego440]

What do you do?

Essentially, nothing, since you'd be dead... you'd just lie there until time and decomposition to their part.

 

[disinfected]

Haunt their dreams, perhaps.

 

[ASH32]

Easy answer, inform the police, I would never consider doing anything else. First I would tell my friend to but if they refused I would have to do it.

 

[E28]

I'd be willing to bet in that situation a lot of people would ignore it and try and convince themselves it was an animal.

 

[lbsf1]

If it was a good friend I would make a deal with him.

I won't say anything to the cops aslong as if they find out we both say that I was asleep at the time so didn't notice anything.

Therefore I'm safe if anything happened, and then I don't have to get a mate in trouble.

I would really have to trust them to do this though.

 

[Touring Mars]

Essentially, nothing, since you'd be dead... you'd just lie there until time and decomposition to their part.

Or MarinaDiamandis found you

I would urge my friend to turn himself in, but I don't know if I'd turn them in myself. I think it would be an issue for his conscience, not mine. It's pretty hypothetical anyway.. I reckon most people, my best mates included, would likely turn themselves in anyway if it were a genuine accident.