Are You Better Off Legally Doing Hit & Run if Drunk & Then Turning Yourself in Later?

[Proserpina]

This is why I hate this board Most of you people are the most pathetic and idiotic people alive- yeah I'm sure the moderator will kick me off and suspend me because I responded to your insults with an insult which in the twisted world of you people means I'm guilty & the instigators innocent.

Well if somehow this question is left on maybe you narrow minded knuckleheads will learn that if a person asks a questions, either answer the question as specified if you know the answer or don't answer at all.

To the moron who accused me of killing someone and/or drunk driving, sorry I'm from NY and I don't drive. I also don't drink and have never killed somebody. Just because people ask a none PC question or a question you don't want to hear doesn't mean you have the right to harass someone. SATAN LOVES YOU

Awww I'm sure he loves you too

Have a happy Good Friday!

(If you do hate the board so much though - why do you keep returning? That makey no sensey!)

 

[HiFi]

I'm still trying to figure out how my question by is interpreted by one idiot here as to how either a friend of mine or I killed a person by drunk driving when there was nothing to indicate that whatsoever in the question. As I said I don't drive, drink or kill people and neither does anyone else I know. Pathetic comment but a person with an obvious low IQ

 

[Proserpina]

I'm still trying to figure out how my question by is interpreted by one idiot here as to how either a friend of mine or I killed a person by drunk driving when there was nothing to indicate that whatsoever in the question. As I said I don't drive, drink or kill people and neither does anyone else I know. Pathetic comment but a person with an obvious low IQ

Yeah, we really do get it kiddo.

You do hypotheticals and/or homework.

But you've never quite managed to grasp the actual purpose of these forums.

Sorry and all.

 

[HiFi]

And what do you do Kiddo?

I didn't ask a hypothetical I asked a question about a weakness in the law If people can't answer that fine but here they show how moronic they are by attacking the messenger,

 

[Mass_Shyster]

Most legislators have enacted hit and run laws that make the punishment for running worse than the punishment for not running.

So, if the penalty for vehicular homicide while intoxicated is five years in prison, the legislature will enact a law mandating a ten year sentence for a hit and run resulting in a death.

You would have to check your state laws for the exact penalties.

 

[cbg]

I did answer your question. But it wasn't the answer you wanted, was it? So it doesn't count.

 

[FlyingRon]

This is not the "how do I break the law and get away with it" forum.


We can't recommend you commit two crimes in the hope you'll avoid getting caught on one.

 

[CdwJava]

Short answer: You might be able to avoid the DUI, but, the authorities will suspect this and you may well see them pursue the max penalty for the hit-and-run as a result.

But, since most people who are so impaired as to start smacking parked cars are not usually thinking rationally, the chances of someone coming up with the rational thought necessary to plot their next course of action is pretty slim.

What you describe is actually a not-so-uncommon practice. It is usually played out in another way that involves perjury and false reporting when the DUI driver smacks something, realizes he is going to get caught, and then abandons the car and flees. When he sobers up he concocts a story and then reports the car stolen.

Like committing any criminal act, you might get away with it, you might not. The fact that you are even contemplating the options here is ... well ... terrifying. You might want to look into addressing your drinking problem if this is something you seriously must consider. It might not be a car you hit ... it might be someone's child.

 

[cyjeff]

OP, YOU were the one that said that the person was clearly dead.

Are you trying to tell us that the hit and run was committed against a dead person or that the hit and run CAUSED the death of the person.

I assure you, leaving the scene of a fatal accident is stupid like sticking your hand in a fan to see if it is running stupid.

 

[CdwJava]

If you hit someone who subsequently died, a DUI would be the LEAST of your worries. In fact, the penalties (at least in my state) would be the same so there would be no real reason to run and hide for a few hours. In fact, a jury might look negatively on someone who coldheartedly fled a fatal accident then they might if the guy was drunk. Strange as it is, drunks tend to get a sympathetic nod from many in our society.

 

[st-kitts]

Here is a real life example of OP's morbid little research project...

Chattanooga police officers and a store clerk said in court today that Jeremy Allen Lane “reeked of alcohol” and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech when he claimed to police that his car had been stolen after a hit and run on Dec. 23, 2009, that killed Susan Wood.

Lane’s trial on charges of DUI and vehicular homicide in the Unum employee’s death began Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, Lane pleaded guilty to filing a false report and leaving the scene of an accident

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And he was convicted of vehicular homicide but found not guilty of DUI.