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Hit-and-Run Suspect Arrested After Her Own Car Calls Cops (yahoo.com)
Trachman writes: This is a fascinating article about hit and run suspect arrested after her own car reported the crash to authorities. The crash system activates when sensors on the car detect a sudden change of speed or movement. An emergency call is automatically placed to local first responders who can pinpoint the precise location of the incident using information supplied by the vehicle's GPS unit. An audio recording released by the authorities reveals how Bernstein tried to convince the dispatcher that there was no cause for concern. When the dispatcher asks what'd happened, Bernstein responds, "Ma'am, there's no problem. Everything was fine." Suspecting there was more to the situation than Bernstein was letting on, the dispatcher responds: "OK, but your car called in saying you'd been involved in an accident. It doesn't do that for no reason. Did you leave the scene of an accident?"
It would be a small price to pay just to have our lives back. What's the point of infinite safety if we can't do anything without immediately being shut down by the chorus of the mob? Don't want to get hit by a car? Don't drive.
STOP DIGGING YOURSELF A DEEPER HOLE.
In no particular order: Stop lying, stop fleeing the scene of an accident, don't attempt to talk the computer out of what it has recorded ...
Not that I know first hand... However.... There actually is a good reason to leave sometimes. Most of the time, if you have been drinking, it's actually in your best interest to leave if you can. Go home, go to the nearest bar, go the local store buy and drink, a lot, and make sure you either have witnesses you where drinking AFTER the accident or make sure they don't catch you for a couple of hours by going home. But leave the scene and go drinking.
The legal costs for a DUI and leaving the accident are usually about the same, but the INSURRANCE costs are NOT and it's not likely to get your license taken away. If you have a creditable story that you left the scene and when drinking, there is no way they will try the DUI case because they cannot prove what your BAC was when you where behind the wheel so all you will get is leaving the scene charge. This may not be significant for the first DUI, but for second and third offenses, it very well may be.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not RECOMMENDING folks do this, only pointing out that there is sometimes a huge financial incentive for leaving the scene of that accident, especially if you are drunk and already have a DUI or two.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
We live in a world where our own cars, our own online history, our credit data, all snitch on us
Unless we live in a cave inside a dense jungle somewhere, we no longer have the luxury to live *OUR OWN* lives
Technically the car didn't "snitch" on her -- it sensed she was in an accident and called for help. She gave an inconsistent story to the 911 operator and made her suspicious, but the car didn't report any details about the accident.