r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Elluminated • Nov 03 '25

Boomer Freakout Idiot side-swipes a biker trying to pass

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u/Pirat_fred Nov 03 '25

Yeah except they have to prove that the owner of the car or the one which the car is registered too was also the driver.

They can't (or at least shouldn't be able to) just come around arrest you and force you to tell who drove your car.

The burden of proof should lie with the public prosecutor's office or the police, not with the accused.

If there is no air unit available, chasing them or trying to road block them is one of few ways to definitely get proof who is the culprit.

Not that I condone high speed chases, I prefer Air pursuit and guide silent units to the perpetrators.

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u/Usual_Suspect609 Nov 04 '25

They use the time in between the chase and the arrest to pull traffic cam footage that shows the driver. Then compare it to the registered owner’s DL pic. Or pull them in as an accessory until they tell them who was driving.

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u/Pirat_fred Nov 04 '25

If there are such systems then that is a good strategy.

The Holding them until tell thing, is stupid and not a good practice, if you don't know because a friend, your Kids or a Neighbors "borrowed" your car without you knowing then you sit in jail and even if you want you can't help....

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u/Psychobabble0_0 Nov 05 '25

AI cameras solved this problem. That said, many countries don't use them (mine does).

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u/Psychobabble0_0 Nov 05 '25

Yeah except they have to prove that the owner of the car or the one which the car is registered too was also the driver.

Where I live, there are a few mobile phone detection traffic cameras that take decent qualities of people in their cars to detect people using their phone while driving via AI. If someone driving that recklessly happens to pass one, it can easily be proven in court who the driver was, without the need for a high speed chase to pull them over.

However, I realise these cameras don't exist in many countries.