hit n run - okay if no one hurt?
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just witnessed a car hit a parked car in a car park , got out and had a look at his own then went to drive off , another woman filmed it , i took pics and then there happened to be a PSCO wander past , we colllared him and explained matey hit the car and drive off until we stopped him , yeah mate -holds hands out - nothing i can do if no one hurt
poor show , i thought it was a crime to leave the scene of an accident without proving details?
poor show , i thought it was a crime to leave the scene of an accident without proving details?
d now has a messed up car!I would put money on it "not being a police matter" due to little or no damage, no injuries and no disruption to traffic etc.
Its awful, but I can see why the police can't deal with every ding that happens, even if there is evidence. The best you can do is leave your details with the owner of the car, pass on the evidence and he gets the insurance company to do their thing, although I bet that isn't worth it either given the excess on many policies these days...
Same thing happened to my partner just a couple of weeks ago, crushed the front corner of her Juke in, clearly would have realised and just fecked off. I hate it when scum bags do this, but not even worth us talking to the insurance about it, even if the penis was caught on camera...
Its awful, but I can see why the police can't deal with every ding that happens, even if there is evidence. The best you can do is leave your details with the owner of the car, pass on the evidence and he gets the insurance company to do their thing, although I bet that isn't worth it either given the excess on many policies these days...
Same thing happened to my partner just a couple of weeks ago, crushed the front corner of her Juke in, clearly would have realised and just fecked off. I hate it when scum bags do this, but not even worth us talking to the insurance about it, even if the penis was caught on camera...
Evil.soup said:
Same thing happened to my partner just a couple of weeks ago, crushed the front corner of her Juke in, clearly would have realised and just fecked off. I hate it when scum bags do this, but not even worth us talking to the insurance about it, even if the penis was caught on camera...
Similar story for me just over a year ago. However the miscreant was caught on camera, so I talked to her insurance company and informed them of her adventures on her behalf. They paid the bodyshop directly. 
Witnessed a similar incident a few years back in our local Tescos. Left a note for the driver of The damaged car and were lucky enough to see her return. Explained what had happened - she reported the matter to Police. I was contacted for a statement- the bloke finished up in court for failing to stop. May have helped that the owner of the damaged car worked for the CPS.
They don't make it easy to report - I saw a taxi driver in a MG5 EV drive into a space at Gatwick airport...
except there was a big bang as he had just driven into a parked Discovery in the next space.
He knew he had done it as he got out and looked, then drove away to another space.
Small scratch on the disco and paint transfer on the tyre, gave up trying to report it to the car park so they could tell the driver if he asked as I just went round in circles.
No point wasting an hour trying to get through on 101, even if they would care.
With everything being electronic now, you don't usually carry pens and paper anymore to leave a note.
except there was a big bang as he had just driven into a parked Discovery in the next space.
He knew he had done it as he got out and looked, then drove away to another space.
Small scratch on the disco and paint transfer on the tyre, gave up trying to report it to the car park so they could tell the driver if he asked as I just went round in circles.
No point wasting an hour trying to get through on 101, even if they would care.
With everything being electronic now, you don't usually carry pens and paper anymore to leave a note.
Whataguy said:
They don't make it easy to report <snip>
Actually they do.https://www.sussex.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-...
vonhosen said:
Thanks, I was only looking at the Gatwick Airport websites, I hadn't considered a police one.Went round in circles between the airport's main site and the parking site without success.
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