Police charge woman stranded for two days after crash

**Thumper** · 18th October 2006, 16:34

You have GOT to fucken joking.......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=10406462

**bumsex** · 18th October 2006, 16:40

I don't know all the details but its probably pretty fair...the police would have to have evidence before a charge was laid.

**sAsLEX** · 18th October 2006, 16:41

Some good PR aye, what good does charging someone with careless after they have suffered like that?

I mean most people know they have fucked up if they crash and getting a charge to fuck your insurance etc aint helping the situation

**The Pastor** · 18th October 2006, 16:41

careless use is the standerd charge with any acident, after all being careless lead to them crashing. I don't see the point in this case as theres no damage to repay? and if there was how is $130 going to do that?

**sAsLEX** · 18th October 2006, 16:42

Originally Posted by bumsex

I don't know all the details but its probably pretty fair...the police would have to have evidence before a charge was laid.

You drink Tui don't you?

**The_Dover** · 18th October 2006, 16:43

clumsy bitch

**Maha** · 18th October 2006, 16:49

I agree with bumsex...( its an alternative )......

I would have thought that the SCU would have done there thing and the police were guided by thier report...a bit harsh i guess, but thats the way it goes...

**Grahameeboy** · 18th October 2006, 16:52

Seems to me that without independence evidence how do the Police know it was careless. She had her old dear in car so doubt she was careless in the true sense.........in a Criminal case you have to proove 'Beyond all doubt'...Police talk about consistency, however I had an insurance claim where the driver lost it on a bend and ended up in someone's front garden and the Police just charged them for 'Inconsiderate Parking'!!!
I do not believe that the mere act of having an accident is 'Careless' as there may have been other factors that contributed which have to be taken into account.

**sAsLEX** · 18th October 2006, 16:54

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Seems to me that without independence evidence how do the Police know it was careless. She had her old dear in car so doubt she was careless in the true sense.........in a Criminal case you have to proove 'Beyond all doubt'...Police talk about consistency, however I had an insurance claim where the driver lost it on a bend and ended up in someone's front garden and the Police just charged them for 'Inconsiderate Parking'!!!
I do not believe that the mere act of having an accident is 'Careless' as there may have been other factors that contributed which have to be taken into account.

Ah but the Police HAVE to charge someone!

**Bussaman** · 18th October 2006, 16:59

I could pretty much guarantee in court, that she would be convicted and discharged with no penalty involved.
It is just a way for the incident to be concluded.

**Grahameeboy** · 18th October 2006, 16:59

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Ah but the Police HAVE to charge someone!

Do they..........I know this is NZ but in the UK they use commonsense.........I mean in UK if you hit someone up the rear you don't get charged like you do here.....

**Grahameeboy** · 18th October 2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by Bussaman

I could pretty much guarantee in court, that she would be convicted and discharged with no penalty involved.
It is just a way for the incident to be concluded.

Just seems little point......

**smokeyging** · 18th October 2006, 17:09

They have already spent 2 days in a ‘SLAMMER”, they have probably lost there motor vehicle, insurance company is probably grinning, they’ll probably be in pain for a few days yet, the driver must have learnt a lesson from this?, whatever happened to turning a blind eye?. Surely if she is fined the only people it will help are those darned thieves in Wellington.

**Lou Girardin** · 18th October 2006, 17:13

Good God, you can't allow people to have accidents and not be punished by the full weight of the law. If you did, we might have one of the worst accident rates in the developed world.
Oops, that's right, we already do.