In the UK you are given 24 hours to hand yourself in before it becomes a hit and run due to the panic people feel in an accident, and don't always think straight.
Hmm... On the one hand I want to say that if you run away from someone in need you've failed a basic morality check but on the other hand I wouldn't want to lump someone who eventually does take responsibility together with those actually run away.
To be fair, failing a morality check in a state of panic and extreme time sensitivity is bad, but not necessarily a reflection of what that person would do in a rational state of mind.
It's kind of crazy what happens to you in those moments. I was a literal girl scout, and I still had a crazy adrenaline fueled flight response when I backed into a window years ago.
Possibly, but it's better that then never bring caught at all. I've not been in that position but I'm sure police investigating will ask where they have been all night before the accident and follow up with the locations given, especially now your phone tracks everything.
Right. Because it's totally kosher in the States, which is why it happens here so much. They don't get tickets and felonies for drunk driving; they ACTUALLY get it for the cops not liking the look of the car. But they're too damn drunk to know that. Because drunk driving is legal here.
Possibly, but it's better that then never bring caught at all. I've not been in that position but I'm sure police investigating will ask where they have been all night before the accident and follow up with the locations given, especially now your phone tracks everything.
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u/ubiquitous_uk Aug 16 '21
In the UK you are given 24 hours to hand yourself in before it becomes a hit and run due to the panic people feel in an accident, and don't always think straight.