List of crimes committed by Ferris Bueller on his day off?
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2) Hacking into the school computer
3) Impersonating an officer of the law (“This is Sgt. Peterson, Chicago Police”)
4) Identity theft (Impersonating the "Sausage King of Chicago?)
5) Attempting to tamper with a car's odometer
6) Implied statutory rape? (were Bueller and Sloan both of legal age?)
7) Arguably contributing to the delinquency of minors
8) Jaywalking
9) Underage drinking at Wrigley Field?
10) Truancy?
11) Trespassing and
12) burglary (cutting across yards and stealing a beer)
13) Driving with an unbelted passenger (Cameron, under the convertible cover)
14) Dining and dashing at 'Chez Quis'
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Why would he ever get on a bus?
So would Charlie Sheen's character.
The longest list of crimes belongs to John Hughes. Crimes against Wayne Newton and the Art Institute of chicago's collection mostly.
I think all alleged crimes depicted in this wonderful film can all be forgiven.
Except for Grace. She kept it together through Bueller, but really let loose on that poor guy at the rental counter,
NSFW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CgLRcYN74
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2. He hacked into the school's computer
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Cutting school is not a crime :D
Truancy is a crime in some states Mister Jeff!
Just because he was a senior doesn't mean he was 18. I'm not sure if his age was mentioned in the film. Lots of students are seniors at younger ages.
It looks like Ferris wasn't breaking this law. According to Illinois state law. Every child who is sound in mind and body, between the ages of eight and 16 years must attend school for at least three much each year. Ferris was a senior which would make him 18 and exempt from the truancy law correct?
"The school age of a juvenile varies from state to state, with most states requiring attendance either from age six to age 17 or from age five to 18. There are a number of exceptions, such as Pennsylvania, which denotes school age as between eight and 17 and Illinois which denotes school age as between seven and 16."
http://www.enotes.com/everyday-law-encyclopedia/truancy
I don't believe there was any indication that they "dined and dashed" at Chez Quis (which happened to be filmed next-door to my condo at Dearborn & Schiller). Yes, they rushed into a cab, but only so as not to be seen by Ferris's father, who was at the restaurant at the same time.
Wasn't it Cameron that impersonated the police officer?
I'd also argue against the statutory rape - I don't think it was ever implied that Sloan and Ferris had a sexual relationship, although it's been a while since I've seen the movie, so correct me if I'm wrong.
According to ageofconsent.com http://www.ageofconsent.com/illinois.htm The age of consent in Illinois is 17. In addition, they don't seem to list "statutory rape" but rather other potential charges for various things, also, I'm not exactly sure how old either of them were.. so I'm not about to analyze the situation atm.
Well, the question was to go through and make a numbered list of Ferris Bueller's crimes, but the website provided has a description saying the asker wanted a list of crimes committed by both Bueller and his friends. Hence my #3 (actually done by Cameron).
#6 is an *implied* crime... I'll agree that it's rather tenous, what with the movie not making it clear if they Ferris and Sloan were sexually involved.
Good source on the selt belt laws, @emmess--so I guess strike #13 from the list.
The car was a 1961 250 GT Spider California SWB and likely did not have rear seatbelts. (Did it even have front passenger ones? It's been a while since I've watched it.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250#250_GT_Spider_California_SWB
In many cases you do not need to add seatbelts to classic cars where they were not original equipment.
While seatbelts started to become common in the mid 50s, they were not standard till the late 60s and earlier 70s and were initially primarily in the front, not rear seats.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seatbelts
"In 1955 Ford offered for the first time lap belts as an option. In 1956, largely at the insistence of executive Robert McNamara, seat belts were offered for consumer automobiles within the "Lifeguard" safety package. The safety device was met with ridicule by others in the industry, but it caught on with the public. By 1964, Most U.S. automobiles were sold with standard front seat belts; rear seat belts were made standard in 1968.
In 1970, the state of Victoria, Australia, passed the first law worldwide making seat belt wearing compulsory for drivers and front-seat passengers." (No reference about Ferrari on this page.)