05-09-2020, 03:48 PM
(05-08-2020, 08:54 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-08-2020, 06:28 PM)jeffster Wrote: Well, I meant in the context of spending $100,000 on a lawyer to get them off. The driver might get a $5K fine either way. What really should be happening is jail time and a lifetime driving ban. But if this family does have the cash, or at least assets, they afford a smart lawyer that will figure things out in their favour. They'll probably suggest that the man jaywalked or was too close to the road, or something. Unless they (the police) have some sort of video proving otherwise.
That might have been the case if he stopped. And if he wasn’t drunk, which seems unlikely, might even have been the default response of the media and police. It is much harder to blame a pedestrian for being too close to the road and causing you to flee the scene of a collision and then work to cover it up after the fact.
If they have stopped, which they should have. Had they stopped, they wouldn't need a lawyer.
That said, they left the scene of the accident. It's up to the courts to prove malice now. It's unlikely that they intentional hit the man - unless there is more to this story that we don't know. Hopefully the crown will try to set an example here, and toss the book at the driver and occupants of the car.