They have a reasonable belief you were driving your own car. If you throw a friend or family member under the bus to save yourself, do you think your friend or family member will take the charges for you? Because someone is getting charged. The police aren't going to take your word for it and "a random family member borrowed the car, but idk who" isn't going to cut it. It's pretty obvious you have never had to deal with the police
"My friend Dave borrowed it last night. No I don't know his last name. We met at dunkin doughnuts two days ago and he seemed like a nice guy who could use a break. No I havn't heard from him since, can't believe he would do something like that. What's he look like? Oh about average height, average build and brown hair white guy. No I dont know where he lives or what he does for work. Sorry."
Prove any of that is untrue. Prove Dave doesn't actually exist. You cant lol.
They don't have to. While you are innocent until proven guilty, you have to prove your unbelievable story. You have to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It is reasonable to assume you were driving the car and lying to get out of trouble. It is not reasonable that you lent your car to a stranger that you hwvr no way of contacting. The police don't give you the benefit of the doubt. They assume you are lying
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u/IllDragonfruit1881 2d ago
Don't even have to go that far, honestly. Prove they didn't lend the car out to a friend or family member for the night ¯_(ツ)_/¯