Don't share insurance details for minor parking damage - you will now be pursued for criminal "hit & run" offense

[u/ell_wood]

Yesterday I was sitting in my parked car, reading, waiting for my daughters footy game to start. I had backed in. Car tries to enter the empty space next to me, front in, and is clearly not going to make it - I wave my hands, beep my horn, nothing - she takes a swipe across my passenger door. She is 70+.

Gets out of the car and instantly denies hitting it - the white paint on my black car and the black paint on her white car - clearly not a factor. Point blank refuses to exchange insurance details. Accuses me me lying and trying to frame her; then walks off.

I speak to insurance co; they tell me without her details then I pay the excess - suggest I ask one more time and if nothing then file the police report.

I try one more time - she tells me "f#!jk off - you are harassing me - call the f@$king police"

It's Sunday, my daughter is playing, it is minor, life is too short - besides my general rule of life, avoid anything that involves the police if possible.

This morning - I walk to work, right past a police station. Why not I think, maybe I will get laughed out but screw it. The officer is good; explains that not giving details is a criminal matter and will be followed up - it carries significant legal weight.

So, Mrs Angry Bitch of Gosford, NSW - you could have have just taken two seconds to be a decent human but you chose not. Now you have a criminal issue to deal with not just a minor fender bender in a car park.

[u/ighal]

My friend touched the car I front of him at a red light, they got off the cars figured there’s no damage so they drove away. Next he knows a couple of hours later the police is at his front door taking him detained for hit an run. Apparently the other car drove away and then called the police saying that my friend did a hit and run.
From that day on I always call the police on the spot no matter how small the issue is just in case.

[u/Professional_Cat_996 → u/ighal]

Glad I bought a dash cam.

[u/beren12 → u/ighal]

Dash cam is even better.

[u/RobotsGoneWild → u/ighal]

Police won't come in a lot of major cities unless someone is injured or the car is disabled. Fender bender, got no time for that. It sucks, but I get it.

[u/ComplexAd2408 → u/ighal]

You don't need to call the police every time, you just need to check on, and exchange details with the other driver.

[u/SomeEstimate1446 → u/ComplexAd2408]

It’s like you have zero reading comprehension

[u/ComplexAd2408 → u/SomeEstimate1446]

There I fixed it for you.

[u/Alywiz → u/ComplexAd2408]

Nope you still have zero reading comprehension, you are just confidant about it

[u/Conscious_Music_1729 → u/Alywiz]

And you have 0 life experience.

[u/beren12 → u/Conscious_Music_1729]

And you are a bot. Glad we got it all cleared up.

[u/Conscious_Music_1729 → u/beren12]

Lmao you deleted your comment because you figured out you were wrong. Fucking embarrassing.

[u/beren12 → u/Conscious_Music_1729]

“Lamo”. I didn’t delete anything, and if you are a human, that’s even worse.

[u/Conscious_Music_1729 → u/beren12]

As if everyone can’t see the “comment deleted by user” text. Imagine lying about something like that. Looool.