Thread: Do i have to go to court ? Long story!

Ok me and my buddy were driving home one night after i dropped my gf at her parent's house 3 hours away from where i live and while we were driving we see headlights about 100 yards in front of us (It was around 11pm) make a sharp turn to the right, we thought at first they turned down a road really fast and a split second later we see this white mustang about 30 feet in front of us come into our lane and hits the guard rail and goes airborn and lands into this shallow swamp, so me and my friend pull over and i tell my friend to call 911, and i jump over the guardrail and pretty much roll down the huge imbankment and i pretty much swim up the the mustang that is rolled over on its side and its still running, and i go up to the passenger side door and i try to open the door but it's locked and i can see this nasty smelling white smoke fill the inside of the car soo i panic and go around the car to look for a rock, and then i realize her trunk opened from the crash and there's a battery that happends to be sitting right there in front of my eyes and i take battery and i hit the window but it didn't break bc i didnt really hit it hard enough so i kinda dropped the battery real hard on the window and this time it breaks and i hear this owwwwe. i look inside and i see this pretty cute girl laying in the back seat with flood all over her face and i ask if there was anyone else in the car with her and she said no and then i asked her if she was drinking and she said yes and i remember saying to her dont do that again lol, but then i do something i shouldnt of done and i told her to tell the police that you saw an animal run across the road and that you swerved, and i will say i saw a animal too. and the whole time i'm asking her the questions im trying to pull her out, and shes crying saying sorry sorry shes soo sorry and shes completly drunk cause she asked were you driving, or was it me and i told her i didnt even know her and that i saw her crash. well anyways i called for my friend to help pull her out of the car and we pulled her out and i fell into the swampy water and i told my friend to go ahead and bring her up to my blazer. so by time he gets up to the hill the police and fire department are there. Well it was wrong for me to lie and tell her to say she saw an animal because she was drunk and she could of killed me and my friend. Soo i'm guessing when they took her to the hospital they took a blood test, because i couldnt smell booze on her, and they must of found alcahol in her blood. Soo yesterday a police officer gave me a subpoena saying i'm a witness and i have to go to court next week and it's three hours away! I have plans on that day and i guess if i dont go i can be arrested! wow thats what i can get for helping out someone gees. Well i was wondering if i have to go ? is there something i can say to get out of it ? and if i have to go i honestly dont feel like waisting gas money going up there, soo what if i told them i dont have a way up there ? i just dont feel like going up there. And i still have to stick with what i told the cops, cause i dont feel like getting into trouble.

they have absolutly no proof that there was an animal involved or not, i can just say i saw an animal flash across the road myself. I'm not getting into trouble, screw that i saved the girl, yeah saying that there was a animal and not telling the cop that she said she was drunk was wrong but screw it.

Why would you do anything? call the cops, ask her if shes okay, but dont touch the car. END OF STORY.

But go to court and tell the truth.

As my beer bottles tell me....Veritas Vincit.

well i told the cop that i saw a animal, soo i'm gonna stick to that soo i dont get in trouble by saying uhh no there was no animal and she told me that she was drunk screw that. and there's no way i could not do anything, even if i wanted to just ask if she was ok i couldn't be cause no windows were broken and she couldnt really move and the car was filling up with smoke inside, she would of died. Yes she was drunk driving and thats a huuuuuge no no but maybe she will learn her lesson idk. Well what if i tell them i have no ride ? maybe a po po can take me there soo i can save on gas!

she was drunk.. kudos to you for saving someones life though bro.. but still she was drunk and she could have killed you and your friend....cops have no evidence that an animal did or didnt run out so... thats up to you

Originally Posted by realdiehl

Is this story for real?

There are probably police on this site...you're going to jail kid.

Haha ohh nooo. Oh and i'm not a kid.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

The truth will always set you free...in your case...it might get you locked up.

Way to go...I'd never have sympathy for drunk drivers...who care if she was hot or not what were you gonna do...bone her after you saved her life?

Blue i'm not getting locked up or getting a fine or nothing, they didn't know or can prove that i saw an animal myself or not, and i'm gonna say i did see a animal flash across the road, it's not like they are gonna hook me up to a lie detector machine, maybe if the girl killed someone when she crashed.

And all of this happend soo fast that i didnt have much time to think about anything, all i saw was this cute girl bleeding and i didnt want to see her get into trouble. I would of told the cops if it was a guy idk why.

Police officers have seen this stuff time and time again. They have a good idea whats going on when they pull up to the scene. You should have helped the girl out, but you shouldn't have lied. You are going to be an eye witness, they can't charge you with anything, other than contempt of court for not telling the truth. If you are lucky they will just ask you to give yes or no answers. But I can bet the judge will catch her in her own lies anyway. Once she gets up there she will crumble like honda on race day.

Get the police report - it's like $5. Her phone number will be in it, ask her out for some coffee. Git some, son. (I am not even remotely kidding.)

Seriously, though, this is like people who come on forums asking what they should do about this weird rash they have (A: go to a real doctor); Don't ask us, man. Most of us don't even live in your state. Call the freakin' Justice/Judge/Whatever who's number is on the subpoena and ask. They'll be nice to you, I promise. Nicer than the Internet, in any case.

Also, you can't get in trouble for telling someone to lie. Hell, she probably doesn't even remember.

I would assume it's the witness' choice on whether or not to show up... they've got better **** to do than come looking for you as a witness for an obvious case.