ok so my sister(15yrs) told me today that a while back she had spent the night at a friends house. Her friend pressured the group of friends to drive her moms honda pilot(SUV) well my sister wasnt driving the whole night until the end,because the girl pressured her to drive. well she ended up grazing a mailbox and put a small scratch on the door. shes now threating her 6 MONTHS later and tells her that she needs to pay half. i told her that she doesnt have to pay, its not her fault.. her friend wanted to have too much fun and force the girls to drive, while none them having licenses nor insurance to the SUV..plus the girl moved away to a diff side of town. any lawers or educated answers out there? or a good opnion would do. THANKS!
2007-04-26 22:02:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Busted. Bang to rights. She damaged the car and should pay. May I add.....while in a car taken without the owners permission AND no license or insurance. Your sister should have said "NO!" then she would not have been in that position.
HOWEVER. I would deny EVERYTHING. Say someone else must have done it. If they have a problem with the damage they should issue proceedings. This will bring the offenses into the open. It is unlikely they will proceed. They won't call your bluff.
xxR
2007-04-26 22:08:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly your sister is at fault legally and could be held liable for more than just scratching the car. If her friends parents wanted they could file charges against your sister and the rest of her friends for grand theft auto and vandalism. The city could charge her also with driving without a license, driving without insurance, and reckless endangerment just to name a few. So I would suggest your sister suck it up and hand over the money to get the car fixed. Take this as a lesson that just because everyone else is doing it doesn't make it right.
2007-04-27 05:15:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but your sister needs to pay up. She didn't HAVE to drive---she chose to. That is what the word NO is for. If the friend had told her to run over someone crossing the street or drive the car as a 'get away' car so they could rob a gas station would she have done it because she was told to? Sounds like a good (or bad) lesson. In real life, you and you alone are responsible for your own actions---- no one else.
2007-04-27 05:20:03 · answer #3 · answered by DixeVil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the law, the person driving is liable for any damage when the car she is driving is damaged. Thus, your sister is liable since she was the one driving when the car grazed a mailbox. Anyway, the companions of your sister were contributory to the accident and should contribute to the expenses.
2007-04-27 05:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you sister made a decision and needs to take responsibility for it. Fortunately, it happened at the friend's house. The friends parents were supposed to be supervising which makes it their negligence. They get to pay for it.
2007-04-27 05:06:44 · answer #5 · answered by babyquestion24 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your sis may not be the only one blameworthy in this situation, but peer pressure is not a valid defense to civil liability. you didn't actually ask a question, but it sounds like your sister needs to belatedly come clean to her guardians about what happened and have them negotiate with the honda owner about payment (with the assumption that she, your sis, will and should make a contribution).
2007-04-27 05:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
threaten to sue the friend's parents for neglect and lack of supervision on the night she spent the night. exposing them to a set of keys when a car was in the driveway? what were they thinking?
2007-04-27 05:07:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, the right thing to do would be to just pay half. If it's only small scratch, it's no big deal.
2007-04-27 05:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by Max 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋