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		stcredzero on March 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Automatic: Your Smart Driving Assistant Usually a confession by the perp, and/or by the owner. It's not unusual at all for people not to know the details of the law like this and blurt out factoids, and for there to be harsh but difficult to enforce laws in the US.

jessaustin on March 13, 2013 [–]

I'd expect a "confession" by one who stole a car to be worth very little in a civil action by a third party against the owner of that car.

stcredzero on March 13, 2013 | [–]

If the "confession" is from a known car thief, sure. If from a neighborhood kid with an otherwise clean record, then not so much.

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