One of the most difficult questions...
- Thread starter AlexGTV
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Now, I don't know about everyone else's jurisdictions, but in my area if a pedestrian hops out in front of you randomly and the driver has no chance to swerve/avoid, than even if there's contact the driver is not held legally responsible. It's just considered an accident. So, he'd have nothing to lose and everything to gain by informing the police, because hit and run IS a crime.
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- Panama City, FL
No, not that. If that's what he wanted to do, he'd not be a friend of mine.
I'd be calling 911 while he tried to drive away, calling out mile markers and describing the car.
As opposed to being broken down hundreds of miles from home and just looking for help?
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- Sofa
Even though he knowingly killed a person, or injured them and left them to die slowly in the middle of a forest without doing anything like stopping and informing the authorities, and/or get medical help?
The persons family would be grieving all because of your friends selfishness. I know I'd tell someone, and that someone would be a police officer.
- 5,080
- Panama City, FL
No, if I didn't call I'd be an accessory to manslaughter, maybe murder, and at risk for loss of my freedom for a very long time. And as soon as he behaved that way, he'd stop being my friend, so I'm not betraying a friend at all.
Besides, do I want to go through the rest of my life with the threat of him calling me out as an accomplice?
So? How does that make the killing OK?
Man up to the mistake. His insurance will have to pay to bury the guy, but he's not going to prison or anything.
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- MattyTheDog
E28
👍 Even if it was a loyal friend, I'd draw the line at murder.
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- SRV2NV
Depends on situation, but I'd definitely keep it a secret if the pedestrian is a woman...Broz before Hoz, dead or alive!
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- MattyTheDog
It's generally better to tell the truth than lie and be found out. 👍
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As I understand it, the situation as described tells me that the hitting of the pedestrian was neither intentional nor premeditated. Therefore, it shouldn't be a punishable act if it was a genuine, unavoidable accident and excess speed wasn't a factor. Tragic? Yes, absolutely. Punishable? Given the described circumstances, no. Thus, the ONLY way it could end badly for me and my friend is if we keep driving and don't tell. THAT makes it a hit and run, which is punishable by law.
So, there's absolutely no reason to NOT tell the police, as it's in the interest of all parties to come clean and be honest. Everyone gets to keep their conscience and their criminal records clean...
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- Jonny-TWC
I would inform the police, in the U.K. those police will find out.
Nobody is worth losing your own freedom over, and why get the pair of you in trouble? If you inform the police at least one of you get to walk free.
The only way I wouldn't inform is if it were my... oh, wait you said friend
Nobody is worth losing your own freedom over, and why get the pair of you in trouble? If you inform the police at least one of you get to walk free.
The only way I wouldn't inform is if it were my... oh, wait you said friend
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- photonrider
The question is not about running someone over, or not 'ratting' on your friend, or even mailing pics of the zombie you ran over, to Shem.
It's about telling the truth.
The answers you write, in your handwriting, at school. are filed away for future reference. It tells your professor what to watch for.
It's about your present ethical stance.
Some posters here have already made their (un)ethical stances clear.
Sometimes, first the test, then the lesson.
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- Antonisbob
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I was with my friend when it happened, I would make him stop the car, we'd both call the fuzz and tell them we'd hit a pedestrian. Honesty is the best policy.
I couldn't live with myself knowing I'd walked away from a kill and done nothing about it.
A zombie on the other hand...point me in the right direction and fire up the juggernaut.
I couldn't live with myself knowing I'd walked away from a kill and done nothing about it.
A zombie on the other hand...point me in the right direction and fire up the juggernaut.
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photonriderThe question is not about running someone over, or not 'ratting' on your friend, or even mailing pics of the zombie you ran over, to Shem.
It's about telling the truth.
The answers you write, in your handwriting, at school. are filed away for future reference. It tells your professor what to watch for.
It's about your present ethical stance.
Some posters here have already made their (un)ethical stances clear.
Sometimes, first the test, then the lesson.
For most people the choice also involves how much they trust that the legal system will do the fair and right thing. If it was nobody's fault people should trust that the police, magistrate, ect, will believe them. However, some people that would rather not tell fear what the police might turn it into and if they would turn it into a manslaughter trial where both of you could see some real time in prison and an unjust criminal record for you the passenger. Believe me it can happen, especially if you drive off and the someone wants to make an example out of you. I've heard of a news case where two women got 30yrs for PETTY theft.
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You sir, deserve cake! 👍
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I don't talk to pigs.
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