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For the requisite car analogy: one is like a mechanic taking your car for a joyride after you give them the key, the other is a stranger taking it for a joyride

For the requisite car analogy: one is like a mechanic taking your car for a joyride after you give them the key, the other is a stranger taking it for a joyride after breaking in and stealing it out of your driveway. One of them is misusing a car that you gave them access to, the other one is stealing it.

NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
In my jurisdiction, a mechanic who takes a car for a joyride is committing a class A misdemeanor (unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree) ref. https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-165-05.html https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-165-05.html In other jurisdictions (like, say, New Hampshire), that same case falls into the definition of theft. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LXII/637/637-9.htm http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LXII/637/637-9.htm
pessimizer 5y ago
That's because you're assuming the stranger doesn't return the car. If your mechanic takes your car for a joyride after you give them the key for purposes of repairing your car, and a stranger steals my car when I'm not using it and brings it back before I notice it's missing, I don't understand why one is any different or worse than the other.