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I'm glad that he had the courage to turn himself in.

by fvrghl 13y ago

xauronx 13y ago
I hope the smirking picture was an old one though (not from after he ran a bicyclist over). Also, I wonder what the chances are that he waited till he sobered up to turn himself in.
- wavefunction 13y ago
  Hit and run is a felony, especially failure to stop and render aid, while DWI is often still a misdemeanor. Not saying the dude was necessarily knowledgeable about that or weighing those options if he was intoxicated at the time. One of the posters also claims to have met the suspect and attributes the "smirk" to some sort of skeleto-muscular deformity, though it's hard to determine validity with anonymous internet posters.
  - OvidNaso 13y ago
    In most places in the US, a DUI is a felony if someone is injured.
    - staunch 13y ago
      He'd be charged with manslaughter probably.
rdtsc 13y ago
I want to think it is courage but I suspect it could be a phone call to friend or family from a police investigator or the description of a car on a public news or social channel, or seeing a neighbor notice the dent in the car. At that point he might have realized his only 2 options: get arrested or turn himself in.
- jessaustin 13y ago
  Yeah I'm a bit cynical about that too. Since he already has a revoked license (what a surprise: a bad driver, driving badly), he also already has an attorney. I suspect that's who decided he would be turning himself in.
  - cheald 13y ago
    Wow, there's an impressive chain of leaps to conclusions. You can have your license suspended for failing to answer a summons for a revenu^H^H^H^H^H^Hspeeding ticket. At no point is a lawyer necessarily involved.
    - jessaustin 13y ago
      Yeah that's possible. For everyone I know who has had his license revoked, the actual reason has been DWI. (I neither know nor particularly care what the relative averages are between DWI and "innocently" not paying speeding tickets. If you ask me DWI is every bit as much an overstated sin as speeding, only it's been inflated by the outrage industry rather than the police.) Involving a lawyer in those cases can be the difference between a 6-month suspension and a 5-year revocation. Not hiring an attorney would be an even more questionable decision than the original DWI.
  - bmelton 13y ago
    I've had my driver's license suspended on more than one occasion, and either couldn't pay the fines or forgot about it until I got the letter saying that my license had been suspended. For what it's worth, I would recommend that everybody have their license suspended at one point or another. I never really knew how to drive safely before I had to drive knowing that any mistake I made might send me to jail. I can't speak for the man in question, but if he's anything like me, 1) his suspended license may not speak at all as a reflection of his driving ability, and 2) if he was aware of the suspension, would likely have been on his best behavior.
    - benatkin 13y ago

I'm glad that he had the courage to turn himself in.

by fvrghl 13y ago

I'm glad that he had the courage to turn himself in.

I hope the smirking picture was an old one though (not from after he ran a bicyclist over). Also, I wonder what the chances are that he waited till he sobered up to turn himself in.

wavefunction 13y ago
Hit and run is a felony, especially failure to stop and render aid, while DWI is often still a misdemeanor. Not saying the dude was necessarily knowledgeable about that or weighing those options if he was intoxicated at the time. One of the posters also claims to have met the suspect and attributes the "smirk" to some sort of skeleto-muscular deformity, though it's hard to determine validity with anonymous internet posters.
- OvidNaso 13y ago
  In most places in the US, a DUI is a felony if someone is injured.
  - staunch 13y ago
    He'd be charged with manslaughter probably.

rdtsc 13y ago

I want to think it is courage but I suspect it could be a phone call to friend or family from a police investigator or the description of a car on a public news or social channel, or seeing a neighbor notice the dent in the car. At that point he might have realized his only 2 options: get arrested or turn himself in.

jessaustin 13y ago
Yeah I'm a bit cynical about that too. Since he already has a revoked license (what a surprise: a bad driver, driving badly), he also already has an attorney. I suspect that's who decided he would be turning himself in.
- cheald 13y ago
  Wow, there's an impressive chain of leaps to conclusions. You can have your license suspended for failing to answer a summons for a revenu^H^H^H^H^H^Hspeeding ticket. At no point is a lawyer necessarily involved.
  - jessaustin 13y ago
    Yeah that's possible. For everyone I know who has had his license revoked, the actual reason has been DWI. (I neither know nor particularly care what the relative averages are between DWI and "innocently" not paying speeding tickets. If you ask me DWI is every bit as much an overstated sin as speeding, only it's been inflated by the outrage industry rather than the police.) Involving a lawyer in those cases can be the difference between a 6-month suspension and a 5-year revocation. Not hiring an attorney would be an even more questionable decision than the original DWI.
- bmelton 13y ago
  I've had my driver's license suspended on more than one occasion, and either couldn't pay the fines or forgot about it until I got the letter saying that my license had been suspended. For what it's worth, I would recommend that everybody have their license suspended at one point or another. I never really knew how to drive safely before I had to drive knowing that any mistake I made might send me to jail. I can't speak for the man in question, but if he's anything like me, 1) his suspended license may not speak at all as a reflection of his driving ability, and 2) if he was aware of the suspension, would likely have been on his best behavior.
  - benatkin 13y ago