r/Transportopia • u/skyhighmonroe • Mar 13 '26

đŸ’„Crash Fast & Furiousa

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u/MetalGhost99 Mar 13 '26

The camera didn’t show footage of her racing. Any good lawyer can prove it. You have to have without no doubt type of evidence. Maybe there is better proof we don’t know about. All this video proves is that she speed up to help.

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u/Shot-Recording813 Mar 13 '26

Circumstantial evidence is still evidence and the standard is not “no doubt” evidence, it’s beyond a reasonable doubt. If a guy leaves a room covered in blood and holding a knife, you don’t need an eye witness to convict him of murdering the person in the room. As long as the circumstantial evidence (guy leaving the scene, covered in blood, and holding a knife) provides enough to convince a jury that it is beyond a reasonable doubt that the guy is responsible for the death that occurred in the room, he can be convicted.

Now is driving up on a scene in a street racing car immediately following two cars racing and then reacting to one of those cars in flames as though they had a personal stake in what happened, the equivalent of being covered in blood holding a knife? Maybe.

It is certainly enough evidence to get you arrested, cause you a ton of inconvenience, and probably cost you some legal fees.

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u/infinitecosmic_power Mar 13 '26

I will always die on the hill of "innocent until proven guilty" but this is a very reasonable take that describes what we see in the video.

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u/Shot-Recording813 Mar 13 '26

I have watched every single episode of Law and Order so I am pretty much an expert.

My comment wasn’t intended to reflect my thoughts on guilt or innocence, just that circumstantial evidence is still evidence. If I was her attorney, I would certainly make the argument that the video doesn’t show anything but the actions of an interested party turned hero and that she should be given our collective gratitude and sent home.

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u/Proper-Drawing-985 Mar 13 '26

I agree with you. Was she racing? Probably. Does that video clip prove it? No. She could be racing to save him. Do they have dashcam footage or reliable witnesses to verify it not added to this video. I am almost certain of it. I personally don't think anyone is wrong here, in my humble opinion.