Did I solve my own hit and run?

[KeithTalent]

Wow, this thread is full of amaze.

KT

 

[manimal]

Im thinking op now needs to make a call to the powers that be and say he saw the guy in the yellow truck load a dead body in the back and that he took off the tags from all his matresses.

 

[utahraptor]

The more important question is did you survive your hit and run. This could be one of those sixth sense scenarios. Do you see dead people?

 

[kranky]

Update?

 

[twinrider1]

I managed to reveal the licence plate, and found the guy, who did this.
Here we go . . . . .

John Belushi had a son? I had no idea.

OP, it's time to go CSI. Not sure what it will cost though...Paint Analysis

 

[TurtleCrusher]

No update. My car is still in the shop and nothing. I still have to pay me deductible and a rental car is costing me $245 a week.

 

[MarkXIX]

Depends on the police department, but they MIGHT have a traffic accident investigator that can do forensics on the paint and rubber transfers to your vehicle.

Having said that, I think you inform the police of your suspicions and maybe even share the photo(s) created to use as a bluff with the suspect. IF (big IF) the police play along, the only issue could be that if the perp knows the actual direction he hit your vehicle from, you have a 50% chance of using the wrong image. BUT (big BUTT cannot lie) it may get the dumbass to say to the cop "That photo is bullshit! I came from the other....fuck....yeah, it was me."

So, don't know how your police department works, but there might be an investigator that wants to nail a guy like this to the wall.

 

[Zee]

its too hard to prove beyond conjecture and anecdotal evidence. unless you have a solid piece of one car on the other, doesnt matter how good the detective is.

vigilante justice is your only solution. Or just let it go.

edit: by the way. best photoshop ever.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I got the car back and I have to take it right back into the shop. Fuck. My. Life.

They didn't replace the wheel, alignment is completely off, didn't replace the opposite skirt, and it vibrates like a... I'll just stop there.

 

[T9D]

The chances of it being a different yellow truck with big enough tires, and set out that far, to ride up like that is pretty slim. Someone was driving in that neighborhood for a reason. I'd put good money that it was that yellow truck. At the very least you should look at his truck more and take more photos, and at least bluff him in some way, see if he get's nervous or reacts strange.

*edit looking at it better

It looks like it actually hit from an angle coming at your car, see the tire mark there in the front? It kind of goes under your car, that's most likely from when it hit, it pushed the bumper in, and when the truck wheel hit your tire or more of the body the momentum dropped hard and it caused the tire to swivel some, leaving that mark. Then it rode up your tire and body and dropped off by the door and mirror.

So it hit you at about the 11 o'clock angle or so. That's why none of the other parts of the truck got hit or scraped.

 

[stormkroe]

Op, is there a corresponding skid mark 7 feet or so away toward the middle of the road? That would narrow down the possibilities since that yellow babe-magnet has a very nonstandard width.

 

[MongGrel]

More security tapes have turned up
Police now searching for two suspects seen speeding away from the crash

He he he, how did I miss that one before

 

[MrColin]

Person might still ask for the video as proof that it was their vehicle that hit yours. At this point you're SOL. Good Luck though.

You kind of suck at bluffing don't you?

 

[DrPizza]

I'm not quite sure on the yellow vehicle where you see the damage. I had a hit & run many years ago. I looked out our upstairs window and saw the vehicle leaving. Only got a partial plate. But whatever the vehicle was (I don't remember the make now), it was very uncommon. A few thousand in damage, because it back hard into the rear tire, bent the axle & body damage. My insurance covered it, all but a $500 deductible. I had the mechanical damage fixed first, so that I would have the vehicle back quicker. A month later, I found the car that hit me. It still had my car's paint on it, plus the scrapes in just the right spot. They were at a party around the corner from my house (the hit & run occurred on either a Fri or Sat night, about the time a party would be getting over). Have a lot of friends on the police force, they confronted the owner of the car who confessed (making it a lot easier to prove).

Here's the key: when the police filed the report, I got my $500 back from my insurance company who went after the other person's insurance company. The other company came and looked at my car, and flipped out over the cost of damage. They were on the phone with me, under the impression I was trying to scam them. After I explained that their driver did a hit and run (they didn't even realize this!), and that the tire marks were still in the yard across the street from where they attempted to make a quick getaway after the accident "probably drinking, and the car was found when the owner was at a party where most of the guests were drunk," plus an explanation of what had already been repaired, they were satisfied.

 

[TallBill]

I'm not quite sure on the yellow vehicle where you see the damage. I had a hit & run many years ago. I looked out our upstairs window and saw the vehicle leaving. Only got a partial plate. But whatever the vehicle was (I don't remember the make now), it was very uncommon. A few thousand in damage, because it back hard into the rear tire, bent the axle & body damage. My insurance covered it, all but a $500 deductible. I had the mechanical damage fixed first, so that I would have the vehicle back quicker. A month later, I found the car that hit me. It still had my car's paint on it, plus the scrapes in just the right spot. They were at a party around the corner from my house (the hit & run occurred on either a Fri or Sat night, about the time a party would be getting over). Have a lot of friends on the police force, they confronted the owner of the car who confessed (making it a lot easier to prove).

Here's the key: when the police filed the report, I got my $500 back from my insurance company who went after the other person's insurance company. The other company came and looked at my car, and flipped out over the cost of damage. They were on the phone with me, under the impression I was trying to scam them. After I explained that their driver did a hit and run (they didn't even realize this!), and that the tire marks were still in the yard across the street from where they attempted to make a quick getaway after the accident "probably drinking, and the car was found when the owner was at a party where most of the guests were drunk," plus an explanation of what had already been repaired, they were satisfied.

Yeah, quite a few people will confess when pressured at all.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Op, is there a corresponding skid mark 7 feet or so away toward the middle of the road? That would narrow down the possibilities since that yellow babe-magnet has a very nonstandard width.

There's not. Boo!

Yeah, quite a few people will confess when pressured at all.

Something really fucked happened today to me and proves that this is true. My wife dropped her phone on a bike ride and couldn't find it while she was retracing her route. Once she went back to the most probable spot she saw a very "specific" looking guy here (not saying race) pick something up off the ground and biked away quickly. She called me, I drove up the way in the direction she told me he was going.

I found him about 10 blocks away. I asked him very nicely if he had my wife's phone. He denied. The moment I made it clear that I would beat the shit out of him if I didn't get it back, oh what do you know, my wife's Galaxy S2 was pulled out of his pocket.

The only part I regret is if he didn't have it. I probably would have utterly destroyed this guy. I'm 6'4, 240, and have a fair amount of grappling training. He was maybe 5'5 and 130 pounds. The moment most people have legitimate fear is when they crack.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Almost a month since the hit and run and.... (maybe I missed it)

Did you confront the owner of that truck?

Did you file a police report, along with your photos of the yellow truck involved?

As to the photos in the OP:

The skid marks in the photos are under your car's bumper and end at your front tire. I'm not sure how that can happen, especially if your car was moved backward, as you say. Are they marks from your own car's front tire?

Did you find any scrapes at all on the driver's side of the yellow vehicle? It's amazing that the truck's bodywork only barely hit your car, but there should still be a mark of some kind.

 

[yhelothar]

My roommates and I once solved my own hit and run. I borrowed my Bro's car, it was parked on the street. I was in bed sleeping and my roommate ran in and said someone just hit my Bro's car and took off. Called cops, while waiting, we found a piece of the taillight, which looked to me like from a Dodge pickup.

It dawns on me I regularly see a Dodge pickup parked across the street, but it not there now. So we took a ride around the back alley where the actual driveway is, sure enough parked there is the Dodge pickup w/the perfectly matching broken taillight (The person didn't live there but a friend of theirs did). So we took some pics, got the plate, etc., pretty much as soon as we left to go back and wait for the cops the person drove off in the pickup.

Cop gets to my place we explain all, give him the light & the pics, including ones of my bro's car. Cop looks up the owner of the truck from the plate & did go talk to the dude @ his house. Bagged him for the hit & run, and the guy's insurance paid to fix the car. My guess is, since it took 3 hours for the cops to arrive, it was probably enough for him to avoid a DWI too.

Moral of the story, if you do hit someone and run....park more than one or two blocks away.

Mad props to the cops in your area for doing their job.
My car got dinged by a hit and run. A witness left a note with the plate number, description of the car, and description of the driver. Reported all of that to the police and after two months of wait, the replied they couldn't do anything because I don't have the witness' number to testify. The owner of the car can just deny being the driver and there's nothing you can do about it. I'd guess that the cops in your case actually coaxed the owner into admitting he was the driver that did the deed.

 

[maxi007]

Is your insurance going to cover the damage?

he already said no insurance left

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

In college, the police grilled my room mate about damage to his truck. He swears he didn't hit anyone. The police pointed out blue paint on his bumper and he pointed out that when chrome rusts, it is a blue color. The cops did apply some pressure for about 20 minutes though.

Oh, I think my room mate did hit the car in question. But he was never charged because they could not actually prove it. He actually spoke to us saying he didn't hit anyone.

Point is, you should have called the cops and hopefully the guy would have caved in under the pressure.