I'm pulling into the parking lot of great clips to get a haircut, and notice that I'm a little close to the other vehicle. I back up, and pull in at a more comfortable distance. In the lot, my front right bumper is near his rear right bumper. At this time, I felt no impact. I get out of the car, lock it, and look back. There's a plastic bag in my front grille. At this time, I notice that the other driver is leaning on the trunk of his car.
I get into the greatclips, get my haircut, and return to find out that this guy called the cops on me for hitting his car. Now, I'm nervous as hell, as I'm 18 years old and have had no prior tickets. The cop shows me the mark on both cars, and it looks like I had hit his car. She basically bullied me into admitting that I hit this car and flat out didn't believe me when I told her otherwise. When I asked where the other guy was when the impact happened, he said that he was in one of the stores in the strip mall.
So, because I did not leave info when the impact happened and just went in to get a haircut, I was tagged with a hit and run. My court date is the day before I leave for college (thank god).
What a sad day.
EDIT: The plastic bag thing was just something I noticed as I looked back when i was locking my car. Not very important at all.
Look, I'm not an idiot. If I had really wanted to get away after I hit that car, if I had really noticed an impact, and if I really didn't care that I had committed a hit and run, I would have just driven away. Instead, I strolled to the haircut place, got a haircut, and came back.
EDIT2: WHat I'd really like would be advice on how to conduct myself at traffic court. I've never been there, and I don't know how it works. The cop said that I would probably get "Supervision" for a year, but I think that the whole hit-and-run thing was bullcrap to begin with.
I get into the greatclips, get my haircut, and return to find out that this guy called the cops on me for hitting his car. Now, I'm nervous as hell, as I'm 18 years old and have had no prior tickets. The cop shows me the mark on both cars, and it looks like I had hit his car. She basically bullied me into admitting that I hit this car and flat out didn't believe me when I told her otherwise. When I asked where the other guy was when the impact happened, he said that he was in one of the stores in the strip mall.
So, because I did not leave info when the impact happened and just went in to get a haircut, I was tagged with a hit and run. My court date is the day before I leave for college (thank god).
What a sad day.
EDIT: The plastic bag thing was just something I noticed as I looked back when i was locking my car. Not very important at all.
Look, I'm not an idiot. If I had really wanted to get away after I hit that car, if I had really noticed an impact, and if I really didn't care that I had committed a hit and run, I would have just driven away. Instead, I strolled to the haircut place, got a haircut, and came back.
EDIT2: WHat I'd really like would be advice on how to conduct myself at traffic court. I've never been there, and I don't know how it works. The cop said that I would probably get "Supervision" for a year, but I think that the whole hit-and-run thing was bullcrap to begin with.
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