The idea of being guilty until you can prove you are innocent somewhat applies here. In that, if you REALLY didn't want to be in the car, why did you take the ride? Personally, I would have taken a dive out of the car (But then again, I have fallen off of the back of a moving car before and instinctively rolled to safety.) But if I told someone to stop the car and they just floored it, I am either going to die in that car, or be badly bruised from a spill onto the pavement. However, when the car is stopped, both people in the car are automatically "guilty." Mainly because there is not enough proof of innocence. Now true, the person riding in the car is not AS guilty as the driver. But it would be interesting to see how a REAL court would deal with a case like this. Other factors go into this as well. If you were opening the door and trying to bail, or tried to stop the person driving the car, then you are more likely to have the court on your side, but if you just sit there and let someone kill another person without trying to stop the act, then you clearly are someone responsible for the person losing his or her life. Interesting question indeed.
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