Hypothetical situation

[MSTRS:Me]

All could put their hand up and say "It was me wot dunnit, occifer". The cop knows it was only one of you who transgressed, he can't isolate which one it was, and can't charge all with the same crime.

Alternatively, the plan is to take it to court, where all the mates state the above.

Or is that being naive?

[Headbanger]

Shameful and weak.

And I hope I never get to ride alongside you weak fucks who are suggesting the person hide, to see if his mate can get off.

The person who is wrongly accused needs to tell his mate too step forward and stop being a girly-man, and if he refuses then give him a couple black eyes.

[Conquiztador]

Shameful and weak.

And I hope I never get to ride alongside you weak fucks who are suggesting the person hide, to see if his mate can get off.

The person who is wrongly accused needs to tell his mate too step forward and stop being a girly-man, and if he refuses then give him a couple black eyes.

Agree.

The day I have to be told to step forward if I fucked up, that is the day I need to be put down.

But the answers on here clearly indicates why I am becoming more and more of a recluse.

[ManDownUnder]

Unless there were life and death consequences for me I'd take the medicine. If (and I can't imagine how but... lets play the hypothetical) there were incredibly extreme consequences of me taking my medicine I'd make damned sure my mate was more than compensated for their inconweenience (and as so eloquently stated by sixpack - it would be done after a lot of discussion with said mate... there's no way in hell it'd simply be out of the blue "ha ha you're stuck with it" - most of us get over that approach by the age of 6)

I gotta stress though - I can't imagine the latter. I thought "allowing" someone to take the wrap for you also ads an additional charge of... perverting the course of justice (I think)?

[Badjelly]

A very wise woman (known to some as Mrs Jelly) once said,

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

[Headbanger]

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

I'd rather be the eagle.

[smoky]

Not enough facts to make much more than an emotive 'look after your mates'

What he said

[ManDownUnder]

What he said

Let me ad one more fact then - The Stranger doesn't post shit on a whim

[imdying]

I'd wager that all were probably involved in doing thae said dumb shite at some stage, so the punishment is probably deserved in any case. There's nothing wrong with taking a fall for a mate either, situations reveresed, they'd do it for you... if not, follow Katman's advice.

Besides, they have to have proof to convict, dude taking the fall can always plead non guilty.

[imdying]

And I hope I never get to ride alongside you weak fucks who are suggesting the person hide, to see if his mate can get off.

The person who is wrongly accused needs to tell his mate too step forward and stop being a girly-man, and if he refuses then give him a couple black eyes.

Mmmm, perhaps, but a mere traffic offence... I'd (perhaps not happily) lose my license for my best mates, I know they'd do the same for me. I'm sure as hell not dobbing them in, and I don't expect them to dob themselves in either... we've done 'crime' together, sometimes we get caught. That's life.

[smoky]

Let me ad one more fact then - The Stranger doesn't post shit on a whim

What's your point? or did you just post that on a whim?

I was agreeing with SixpackBack - unless we know what they got 'snapped for' it's hard to make a call on the question asked

If I had run some poor bugger over at a pedestrian crossing, and my mate was getting the blame - yes I would fess up

If I were doing stunts of some sort, then the plod came along and busted my mate (who wasn't doing stunts) I wouldn't fess up, but I would encourage him to go to court and challenge the police to prove it was him

If i was ripping along too fast and a my mate wasn't, the cop comes the other way, swings around a pings him for my speed - tough, I'm not putting my hand up (but I might offer to help pay the fine if they get a bit pissy with me)

[CookMySock]

Shameful and weak. [...] The person who is wrongly accused needs to tell his mate too step forward and stop being a girly-man

No, the person who is wrongly accused needs to stop being weak, and stand up to the fuzz and tell them prove it or fuck off.

Steve

[imdying]

If I had run some poor bugger over at a pedestrian crossing, and my mate was getting the blame - yes I would fess up

I'll admit that I assume it was a burn out or similar, not this particular level of traffic offence.

[smoky]

I'll admit that I assume it was a burn out or similar, not this particular level of traffic offence.

Did the plod see them do it - no
Any physical evidence that they did it - no (cause they didn't)

So it was presumption by the police - contest it
No need for anyone to take the rap for it ?
If your mate can't be bothered fighting for his own rights - that's his tough shyt

[FROSTY:Me]

Sorry mate I can't answer your hypothetical question with the information given.
My not thinking about it gut reaction to what I read was--Hey do the crime do the time so fess up that it was you to the cops.