faithful_servant
DP Veteran
- Joined
- May 18, 2006
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- Beautiful Central Oregon
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- Male
- Political Leaning
- Very Conservative
Ok, so a 19-year-old girl made a left turn and clipped Tom's car as he was sitting at the stop sign waiting to make a left turn himself. She kept driving. Tom thought she'd turn around and come back, but she didn't. So he turned around and eventually saw her outside the car looking at the damage and her flat tire. He stopped, she was all upset. "I'm so sorry....don't call the police. I'll pay for the damage!" So they exchanged information, and Tom didn't call the cops.
Well, you KNOW what happened. She told her dad Tom hit her. Dad called Tom and asked him to stop over to talk about it. Tom told him his daughter hit him. Dad called the cops and they showed up at the door.
So we have a mess.
When you have a car accident, for God's sake! No matter how pretty, sweet and upset someone is! Call the cops at the scene!
The cop was going to call the dad and tell him Tom wouldn't be coming to his house. How old do you have to be to know what to do in cases of an accident??
YEP!! Always get a police report filed. Most insurance companies base the assignment of responsibility on the police report and if there isn't one, then it's "he said/she said" and a big pain in the ass investigation. But if you get the police involved, then there's a legal assessment done at the scene and responsibility gets assigned and if someone wants to challenge that, then they can take it before a traffic court judge.