‘I mean, say the report is wrong...but still, why on earth would they assume a tan Toyota with 4 men should be compared with a burgundy Nissan with a woman and four little kids?!’
Good question. & if asked, not even the police officer would use the idiot defense. I.e.: ‘I pulled a burgundy car over because I thought the witness was so unreliable that when he/she said ‘tan’, he/she really meant ‘burgundy’.
That defense is unworkable b/c the next two questions would be, WHY did you think the witness said ‘tan’ but meant ‘burgundy’, and Did you make any effort to clarify the difference between tan and burgundy?
It’s an unwinnable hole. The only hope is to stop digging.
Here is a quote from Fantasywriter’s post.
“Good question. & if asked, not even the police officer would use the idiot defense. I.e.: ‘I pulled a burgundy car over because I thought the witness was so unreliable that when he/she said ‘tan’, he/she really meant ‘burgundy’.
That defense is unworkable b/c the next two questions would be, WHY did you think the witness said ‘tan’ but meant ‘burgundy’, and Did you make any effort to clarify the difference between tan and burgundy?
It’s an unwinnable hole. The only hope is to stop digging.”