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Feb 22, 2008 02:56

Random question for ya, since I seem to have a ton of these ( Read more... )

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expandranon February 22 2008, 10:15:31 UTC

You're not necessarily guilty of anything, but you will be taken in and charged as an accomplice. Best advice regarding such situations: Choose your friends carefully.

cyberwolf80 February 22 2008, 10:27:21 UTC

>.> My option....tuck and roll as soon as he decides to not stop for the cop. Or lean out the window waving your arms like a mad man to let people know you're there... THEN tuck and roll.

aiden_raccoon February 22 2008, 10:50:07 UTC

You need to wave your arms out the window like you are in distress and want out. Just being in the car though, you are not an accomplice. You may still be arrested though. Most likely if you are a woman, then the cops will let you go, but if you're a guy then you'll be treated differently.

slysquirrel February 22 2008, 11:51:47 UTC

We just so happen to have trails by jury for this very reason. What you have put forward is a neat thought experiment, but if all laws were as black and white as said experiment we wouldn't need lawyers, juries, or any other form of adjudication that our legal system has today.

tigjah February 22 2008, 14:49:47 UTC

The idea of being guilty until you can prove you are innocent somewhat applies here. In that, if you REALLY didn't want to be in the car, why did you take the ride? Personally, I would have taken a dive out of the car (But then again, I have fallen off of the back of a moving car before and instinctively rolled to safety.) But if I told someone to stop the car and they just floored it, I am either going to die in that car, or be badly bruised from a spill onto the pavement. However, when the car is stopped, both people in the car are automatically "guilty." Mainly because there is not enough proof of innocence. Now true, the person riding in the car is not AS guilty as the driver. But it would be interesting to see how a REAL court would deal with a case like this. Other factors go into this as well. If you were opening the door and trying to bail, or tried to stop the person driving the car, then you are more likely to have the court on your side, but if you just sit there and let someone kill another person without trying to stop ( ... )

brian_pegasus February 22 2008, 12:54:40 UTC

"At what part in all this do YOU get out of the car? Are you even Able to?"

ASAP! Jump and roll!

"At what part in all this did you become a criminal?"

You didn't, you knew nothing about it! Plead your case in court if necessary!

"At what point did innocent before proven guilty become guilt by association?"

You were just a passenger, plead innocent.