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Originally Posted by northcrunk
What would be the possibilities of charging the protestors with vandalsim if they destroy peoples vehicles?
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I would intuitively say 100% if they can be identified but I don't really know for sure. I would think they should be charged with whatever the Vancouver rioters were charged with for burning those cars downtown.
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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
No, you simply say "I was driving legally on hiway 2, slowed down where I encountered a protest, felt physically threatened by a mob hitting my vehicle, panicked and hit the gas". Then your lawyer finds legal precedent of someone doing the same, you convince the judge of its relevancy, and if successful walk away. Not a slam dunk, but it's a realistic scenario. I also don't think CC is advocating finding random protests like this and plowing through them mad max style.
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Eh, it's an argument I guess, but I seriously doubt that it works. Either way, you're in court and spending a couple hundo per hour on your lawyer. Your insurance probably spiked. You were all over the news as "the guy who ran over someone because he couldn't stand being inconvenienced". Your license is probably suspended pending the outcome of the legal proceedings. It's just not worth it, at all.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Or in this weather the more likely I tried to stop but there was ice on the road that made it treacherous for example.
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Well, sure, if perjury is an option for you, but I wouldn't think that would be advisable.
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I've seen a lot of cases where people have hit jaywalkers for example and have not been charged or held liable.
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For me it's totally credible that a guy didn't want to hit the jaywalker but events conspired to create an unfortunate accident, whether they be ice-related or otherwise. Because who wants to hit a jaywalker? However, it's less credible for me that you accidentally ran into a group of protestors. More likely you just wanted to get past them to wherever you were going.