Broncapz
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This thread should be : Do you want the Mam to be able to pay the victims or not?
Wolfie
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He probably would have, which i still think is stupid considering he is guilty as hell and he knew it. If he made the right moves this could have been dealt with a lot better imo. As i said before, the only thing on his part was maybe he was hoping his test would come back negative. The second he went into rehab i was pretty confident how this was going to play out.
Wolfie
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I'm not going to pretend i know about that sort of thing legally. I'm just talking from my perspective. If i knew i was guilty of something like he did, i'd just cop it on the chin. He knew he had no license. He knew he had taken drugs, and he knew he wasnt driving in a safe manner. I'd just want to make thing right as best i could.
Foordy
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TBF, I doubt any of us know what we'd do in that situation.
but i suspect most people would be listening to the advice of their lawyers (especially if you've got the sort of money a top sports player makes)
Wolfie
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I know what i'd do tbh, but everyone is different.
Jedhead
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Have you seen their writing?
Super Freak
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That's QLD laws for you, they're fucked.
From my understanding, the penalty for driving without ever having a license is a 3 month license suspension and either 40 penalty points or 1 year in prison. A first time offender is never going to get the prison term, maybe a repeat offender.
Driving while under the influence of drugs is 6 months disqualification and a $4000+ fine or 9 months in prison, again a first time offender isn't going to get a prison term.
A lot of people are calling for the book to be thrown at him and be thrown in prison. They're going to be disappointed in the punishment Ezra gets.
Where he's going to be hit hard is the civil case the victims are going to go through with.
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Pablo
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Ezra will have absolutely no involvement either financially or legally in any civil case arising from this accident. Any person injured as a result of this motor vehicle accident or any other motor vehicle accident in Queensland is entitled to lodge a claim with the CTP insurer of the at fault vehicle which we assume is the vehicle driven by Ezra. The insurer of that vehicle assumes the role of defendant in legal proceedings. Once liability is admitted by that insurer, which is likely in this case, the insurer's role then is to firstly fund the rehabilitation costs of injured claimants and once this has occurred the quantum of damages (compensation amounts) are negotiated between the injured parties' solicitors and the insurer. Significantly less than 1% of these claims go to court but even if any claims from this accident did proceed to court, Ezra's involvement in any future proceedings is already complete. He will not be liable for one cent of the compensation if there is any. In very rare circumstances an insurer may seek to recover some of the damages awarded in cases where criminal behaviour contributed to the accident. Based on the very minor charges laid, the chances of that happening are also practically zero. Ezra has NOT been charged with DUI or dangerous driving. From my observation of things, and the resultant police action, this was a low speed accident, caused by Ezra failing to pay due care and attention. The incidental finding of a drug in his system seems to have been deemed insignificant enough that it has had no bearing whatsoever on Ezra's ability to control the vehicle. Otherwise he would have been charged with a more serious offence relating to DUI. When media speculation gets in the way of facts, people start calling for 12 month bans and sackings which is beyond ridiculous. Hopefully the NRL can see past the distortion. I suspect the Broncos have already done this which is good to see.
Broncapz
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Are you sure he's not civilly liable?
He was driving unlicenced, and has affected the lives of the other occupants.
Sproj
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It’s Arabesh.
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Pablo
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The injured parties will be compensated fairly under our state's excellent CTP scheme. The fact he was unlicensed has no bearing on that. As an example, let's say I was driving my kids to school and I momentarily turned around to grab a lunch box or something from the backseat and I lost control and crashed into a pole. Who do my kids sue if they are badly injured? Thankfully, it's not me. It is the CTP insurer that I nominated when when the vehicle was registered at renewal. That is the system. Likewise if someone was to crash into the back of your stationary vehicle and you sustain an injury, because you weren't at fault, you are entitled to claim compensation from that vehicle's CTP insurer. If individuals were liable you would need to hope that the at fault driver had the financial means to compensate you which not many people would. That is why this system was put in place. Ezra will face the consequences of the law but not any financial liability for the injured parties. They will be looked after.
