fleeing from police
 

So I'm in a situation here i lent my friend vehicle to my other friend with consent and he fled from the police is there anyway I'm going to be drag into this with my other friend?

Has your friend's friend actually evaded a police chase on public road using your friend's car?

well he was on a motorcycle and he took off he said the police didn't give chase

LOL

+1

Well if he fled the police most likely got the plate and will or already gave the registered owner a visit. I m guessing police gave the registered owner a ticket regarding speeding / fleeing or whatever. If so your friend will have to go to court to dispute haha... But you wont get in trouble

Don't get ahead of yourself.

If you are the registered owner, you're going to get dragged into this. Your friend's friend will need to man up if you're going to get off the hook. Otherwise, you're going to be SOL.

your friend could tell the police he was nowhere near where the incident occurred, have a friend be a "witness" and testify that he was nowhere near the incident but was instead at location "x".

If the popo did get your license plate, they will issue you a ticket or visited your house.

so now, if they come and issue you a ticket, you can say "it wasn't me"
"well who was it"
this is when you have to man up and provide your friend's name.

Either way, you'll have to provide evidence that it wasn't you (say you were at a public place with withness to prove the validity) OR provide proof if was your friend.

someone borrowed my bike or what if it was 'stolen' well then why didn't you file a police report etc.....

All true, but like this:

You're innocent till proven guilty meaning if the cop only saw your car there is not enough proof as he did not ID the person operating the vehicle. It would be even easier IF you have proof where you were at the time.

In court (if owner disputes ticket), owner can tell the judge I was not operating the vehicle at the time and the judge will have to see the police's evidence and if the police did not SEE you the officer can not lie and say that he saw you and that would be No Evidence.

About the name tag game that you guys were talking about , I believe the same no ID plea can be used because there police would need YOU to become the evidence and if you're not he is useless as well.

(Owner ---> Friend 1 ---> Friend 2 ---> Friend 3)

If friend 3 just says NO the police can't do anything about it.


That is from MY understanding dont take my account for it.

(friend was in the same situation and this is exactly what happened)

Oh about this,

Just because a cop SAW your license plate does not mean anything

in the end in court it goes on his evidence... I SAW HIS LICENSE PLATE

if he cant clearly prove that he saw YOU as the driver you're already in a very good position.

My advice to you is to not worry until you get something in the mail.
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where were you / what were you doing at the time
hopefully something with proof / in public
then maybe you don't even have to drag your friend in
as long as you can prove it wasn't you

I don't think you realize the difference between being charged as the registered owner vs. the driver.

As the RO you are responsible for what happens to your vehicle and you get the charges as the RO. You as the RO are also required by the MV Acty to identify the driver if they ask you and can be charged for failing to do that. Don't evern consider getting into lying under oath in court...that's a criminal code offence. If the Cops arrive, tell your "buddy" to man up and not stick you with fines for something HE did. If he won't then he is no friend and the Police need to know the truth. If your "buddy" had caused a crash during his chase and injured or killed someone, would you still cover for him?

Duty to give information
84 (1) If a peace officer has reason to believe that a motor vehicle has been involved in an accident or in a contravention of this Act, the Commercial Transport Act or the Transportation Act, the regulations under any of these Acts, the bylaws of a municipality or the laws of a treaty first nation, and so informs the owner or a person in the motor vehicle, it is the duty of the owner or person, as the case may be, if required by the peace officer, to give all information it is in his or her power to give relating to the identification of the driver of the motor vehicle at the relevant time or during the relevant period.

(2) If the owner or other person fails to comply with subsection (1), or gives information that he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he or she commits an offence against this Act.

of owner for contravention of Act


83 (1) In this section:

"owner" includes

(a) a person in possession of a motor vehicle under a contract by which the person may become the owner on full compliance with the contract, and in whose name alone the motor vehicle is registered, and

((2) The owner of a motor vehicle must be held liable for any contravention of

(a) this Act or the regulations,

from reading the original post, the OP here is neither the RO of the bike, nor the one who fled.

RO -> lent to Silverblitz -> lent to friend with RO permission

Ah so....the situation remains the same...the RO IS responsible unless he identifies the driver...so he's going to have to talk to the guy he originally lent the bike to...and then talk to the second loaner...then tell the Police what he knows, to get off the hook. Lesson learned...never loan your bike to anybody....specially a budddy who will loan it to his buddy. Such is life.

It doesn't matter who was driving. When you register and insure a vehicle and sign on the dotted line you claim full responsibility for said vehicle. That means you are responsible when someone else was operating your vehicle in an irresponsible manner.