Crashed my sister's car....need Help??

Joe_Horner

andygb wrote: »

I would personally suggest that consider the Foreign Legion, although they would probably reject someone with your lack of backbone.

Funnily enough, a few years back I would have been suggesting getting down the recruiting office sharpish. Not so sure that'd work now seeing as (a) they're cutting back and (b) they seem far more willing to get rid rather than beat into shape during training nowadays.

Samuel_

andygb wrote: »

You have already committed several crimes, so you are past the stage where you can choose.
You have taken your mates out in a car which you do not own, did not ask for the owner's permission, and you were not insured. You have also damaged council/highways property and failed to report the accident.
You only seem to be worried about what is going to happen to you, and not the feelings of your sister, when she returns home to find her car wrecked.
I would personally suggest that consider the Foreign Legion, although they would probably reject someone with your lack of backbone.

First of all I didn't mean to Thank your post, I meant to click Quote instead. I know my sister is going to literally try and kill me when she returns. I'm kind of concerned more about myself in that regard. I know very well I will have to pay for this one way or another and that is something I fully accept. I don't understand why everyone is being so negative to me. I didn't exactly murder someone.

And I don't know what the Foreign legion is, thought it was French anyway,

Joe_Horner

soolin wrote: »

Now that the 'drink' aspect has been introduced I am coming round to the idea that some of the posters are correct- and this is a troll.

At least it wasn't drugs, unless he's still not giving the whole story.

mikey72

Samuel_ wrote: »

I phoned on a mates phone, don't know the number, I didn't identify myself or anything. Just the car I believe and road I was on.

You know the answer then. Run away faster. Don't grass yourself up next time.

RuthnJasper

Samuel_ wrote: »

I had only had 2 drinks(maybe 3, pretty sure it was only 2) I am normally a v.careful driver. Even my parent and family friends always said what a good driver I was. The sole reason I crashed was because there was an annoying passenger (friend of a friend) in the front seat who kept fiddling with thr volume on the cd player. Plus the corner was longer/more bendy than I thought. The drink issue was the main reason I fled the scene. I have no idea what the number I called was; someone I was with just said call this number and report it. I didn't think twice at the time.

God help you if this is true. Try trotting out those excuses to a policeman - particularly one who has had to attend a fatal traffic accident and/or knock on a front door to tell a mother/father that their child has been killed in a car crash.

Fleeing the scene of an accident is a crime, in addition to the other tally you've racked up.

You were unable to deal with distractions in the car (plenty of people drive safely with screaming babies/toddlers or bickering children in the vehicle - FAR more annoying than a muppet b*gg*ring about with a CD). You were unable to safely judge the size of a corner and control the car around it. You made a call to report the accident while having no idea who you were speaking to and then you legged it.

Quite apart from the fact that you have ruined your sister's insurance premiums for a VERY long time, damaged her car and, most likely, spoiled her holiday - it will forever be in her memory as the one where she had to return to THIS.

Why did you even think that "borrowing" the car was a good idea? Where were you going? To get some more drink, I daresay.

And (again, if this isn't a story) - have you considered the very likely chance that your little outing will, at some point, have been captured on CCTV?

globetraveller

So did you flee the scene or wait around for 2 hours? You can't have done both.
And why did you flag a passing motorist down to change a tyre before you fled the scene two hours later? Stupid thing to do if you were drunk.

jaydeeuk1

Assuming this was true, and I in no way endorse this, and I've not read the whole thread other than 1st post.

Drive it somewhere discreet when dark, not through a town centre with CCTV (use back roads), clean steering wheel and torch it. Claim as stolen.

Your DNA will be in there, but no doubt you've had a lift at some point so no come back. You'll need a mate(s) to follow you so car behind won't see damage/report as suspicious.


Give a generous 'gift' to your sister at some point in the future.

Might as well go the whole hog now.

I am The Wolf

lovinituk

Flippin eck - you lot are gullible!!

cherylim

I hope this is a joke (and do assume that based on previous posting history, it is). As a 24-year-old driving a beaten-up 1998 Corsa and only dreaming of owning a car as new as the one your sister's managed to purchase, it's horrible to read what you've done. My car is my pride and joy. It's taken a few small dents and scratches since I got it, and I was in a small slow-speed accident the month after I passed, and I know how devastating even the smallest amount of damage can be. It took me months to be able to save to have my bumper replaced with one from a scrap yard, and even then a friend had to fit it because I couldn't afford to take it to the garage.

For your sister to own such a new car at her age is a huge achievement on her part, and no doubt she spends a fortune keeping it on the road legally. I can't imagine how hurt I'd be to return home to find my big brother, who's supposed to be mature, has been out drink-driving and showing off in my car without my permission, has destroyed it and put my insurance at risk, and doesn't even care. I do love my own 18-year-old brother, but I'd be reporting him to the police as soon as I got home unless he agreed to cover ALL costs involved. Not just car repairs, but any increasing insurance premiums and fines.

Samuel_

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

You crashed because you were drunk and no doubt showing off.

Drunk of 2-3 weak lagers at least 2 hours beforehand? I wasn't showing of at all, just annoyed some idiot kept fiddling with the radio.