This has been debated quite a bit on another Calgary-based forum, but not having read every post, I'm assuming a lot of it is the same.
Anyway, sorry if this is already posted, but I had written to the CPS asking why the driver wouldn't be charged with hit and run in a case like this. They said because in this case, the driver had not actually left the scene. They left the parking lot, but were parked a short distance away, and they were at the scene when the police arrived.
A coworker who is retired CPS told me they have to prove that the driver intentionally drove off, and the law in the TSA says that the driver must remain on scene, or if they have left, immediately return, which she did. So there was no real grounds to lay the hit and run charge, and had the officer done so, it would never hold up in court.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
BTW it's highly unlikely she had a back up camera because they are packaged with rear sensors in those vehicles. And hers doesn't look to have parking sensors.
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+1...in fact, the BMW X3 does not come standard with either of those options, believe it or not. For the 2015 model year, they are in the "first" option package that you would get; the first "step up" from base, so to speak. It does seem odd that someone would buy a brand new base model BMW with no options, especially with all the O&G money in this town. But, to each their own.
The X3 is not a difficult vehicle to drive, though. Backup cameras and sensors are not 'needed' when reversing. They help, but if someone is incapable of driving without them, they should really question why they are driving at all.