they say i have withheld the information but how can they fine me for a crime i have not commited
2006-12-28 00:21:25 · 19 answers · asked by smratcliffe 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
They can fine you for withholding information unfortunately. As the registered owner, the ownus is on you to know who's been driving your car.
If you wont tell them to help a mate, that's all well and good, he wont get the points, and as i understand it neither will you, so the least your friend can do is pay your fine.
Could someone have the balls to explain the thumbs down? I dont make these rules! Jesus, you answer a bloody question!
2006-12-28 00:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
You have technically committed a crime if you have been asked to nominate the driver of your vehicle at the time of the offence but you have not supplied that information although people are challenging this under Human Rights Act by saying they shouldn't be asked to incriminate themselves. The association of british drivers have a website (see link) where they advise on how to defend yourself against a prosecution of this sort and also trafficlawyer4u
2006-12-28 00:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. I would have to know the exact charge and read the statute in your state to really give an accurate response. But in general most states have laws that make it a crime if you "block" or "impede" an investigation. Police use it often in situations like this although this was never the intent of this set of laws.
The police cannot compel you to rat out your buddy. A judge can but you would have to be subpoenaed to do so. My best advice is to plead not guilty but to argue the nuances of the law you probably either need an attorney or someone who knows the laws in your state.
Stand up for what you think is right. Do not be intimidated by the police. They sometimes know less than you think and this coming from a guy who was a cop for 32 years. Good luck and remember, attitude is a choice.
2006-12-28 00:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have committed a crime, with holding information. They asked you to tell who was driving your car. You refused. Tough s**t
2006-12-30 02:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by Mark J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No as unfortunately the law has been changed making it an offence to tell the police who was driving your vehicle at the time of an incident/accident/speeding/jumping a red light/driving in a bus lane. If you do not name the driver then you are assumed to be the driver!!!
2006-12-28 00:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By law you have to give up the info if it believed a crime was commited, unless you have reported the car stolen.
2006-12-28 00:33:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason the police have no time to deal with real crime is because they have to spend hours dealing with timewasting idiots who refuse to give correct details.If you let someone drive a car that is registered to YOU and you choose to be awkward and not give the correct details then my friend you deserve all you get.
2006-12-29 11:40:21 · answer #7 · answered by sosij o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a criminal offence for the registered keeper of a vehicle to withold information as to who was using it at any given time.
By not providing the information you can be charged under that offence as well as the original offence as you have been given every opportunity to prove it wasn't you driving.
2006-12-29 18:19:16 · answer #8 · answered by badshotcop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You "withheld" information from the police which they probably considerd to be valuable to them for a case. You are lucky you were not put in jail.
2006-12-31 06:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by nickle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you do not name the person, legally it is you who committed the crime. And fair enough!
2006-12-28 00:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by AlexChappel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋