Fail To Remain
Hi,
Recently a friend of mine was charged with 'Failure to remain'. His argument for not remaining is that amidst the confusion of the incident he had not realized that he made contact with the other vehicle, and believed to have evaded unscathed.
After arriving at work he received a phone call from a Traffic cop telling him he'd been in a accident, however he was unable to return to the scene due to the fact he would have lost his job. However they agreed to meet the following morning. The incident involved only superficial and very minor damages to each vehicle, in fact only part of one of his head lights fell off with zero body damage.
My friend had previously only a '10km/h over the limit' ticket on his record, and now he has the 'Failure to remain'. Those are the only two charges in his whole driving record. The question is,
How likely will the Prosecution be understanding of his argument for 'failing to remain'?
Will the Prosecution be sympathetic of the previously clean driving record?
If he's found guilty, will he be looking at relatively minor consequences, or should he (figuratively) jump off a bridge now?
Thanks!