Involved in a "hit and run"

[Kelvrick]

Just ignore SheHateMe. Either trying really hard to troll, or just a plain idiot. What if this, what if that. What if the OP just had a pen? Then no thread for us all to waste our time on.

I have pens in my car, but sometimes I take them when I go into a building I might need a pen, then it stays in my pocket to be taken out and left on the counter at home. Rinse, repeat, guess what, now there isn't a pen in the car. You obviously should have taken out your oil dipstick, written info on your vehicle registration and left it under his windshield wiper.

Did you take any pictures of the car? If anything, maybe post up some signs in the area saying to contact you.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Just ignore SheHateMe. Either trying really hard to troll, or just a plain idiot.

I have pens in my car, but sometimes I take them when I go into a building I might need a pen, then it stays in my pocket to be taken out and left on the counter at home. Rinse, repeat, guess what, now there isn't a pen in the car. You obviously should have taken out your oil dipstick, written info on your vehicle registration and left it under his windshield wiper.

Did you take any pictures of the car? If anything, maybe post up some signs in the area saying to contact you.

No pictures unfortunately. I didn't even think about it. I made a flier that I'll be posting on the power posts when I get home tonight.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I don't necessarily think that it's terribly common to have them, but I do keep a pen and small pad of paper in my car. The pen is mostly used for writing mileage information on my gas receipts.

It is common at least for older folks who realize how fragile being dependent on modern technology is. Think of all the people who don't wear watches, carry pens, can't read a map, change a tire and, have no idea how to learn/live without access to the internet. The world tends to be an unfriendly place and allowing your life to be majorly impacted by a low battery charge, lack of connectivity or, technology that doesn't function in temp extremes is rather foolish.

 

[sourceninja]

So you replaced the mailbox and that was it?

Yes, but the situation left me with a bad view of the police (who immediately assumed I was fleeing and not trying to get a way to notify the owners) and with people in general (the home owner who would rather call the police then approach me while I was knocking on his door).

Honestly, today I have a phone I'd call right from the car. But back then I was a kid, no paper, no pens, no phone. Did they really expect me to wait there until the home owner arrived home? What if he was out of the country on business?

I guess eventually a cop might stop and ask why I'm sitting in a car in front of a house...

 

[Kev]

Caught some scumbag trying to flee the scene after hitting my parked car this morning. Was visiting my parents, and apparently they have a serial car-bumper on their block who apparently doesn't know how to park or unpark. He's going down.

 

[NoCreativity]

Good for you for trying to do the right thing.

 

[Colt45]

Caught some scumbag trying to flee the scene after hitting my parked car this morning. Was visiting my parents, and apparently they have a serial car-bumper on their block who apparently doesn't know how to park or unpark. He's going down.

hit or bump?

 

[highland145]

Anyone mention you gonna get raped?


Anyway, did the best you could, imo. Returned, called the police. I wouldn't put up flyers unless you have AMD's contact info.

 

[Murloc]

I don't think I have a pen in the car.

Anyway the only alternative would have been: ring someone's door and ask them for paper and ink.
I'm not sure they'd open the door though because it sounds like a scam.

 

[Clinkster]

So can you share with us what you would have done in my scenario?

I would have taken a picture of the other car's license plate.

But hey, you did what you could, it's up to the driver to file the police report like any normal citizen would (unless they did not want to...).

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I haven't been in that type of situation, no. But I was once the victim of a hit and run. I was stopped at a traffic light and a drunk driver slammed into me. He was going about 50 MPH in an F150. The back of my car (a mid 90's toyota corolla) crumpled in all the way to about 6" behind the front seats. Thank god for crumple zones. And double thank god that no one else was in my car.

Anyway, the drunk fled the scene in his truck. Thankfully there was a police car making a routine traffic stop about 100 yards up the road. I ran up to the cop, told him what happened, and he put an APB out on the truck that hit me. By the time the alert went out, the truck had been pulled over. Perp was driving 100+ MPH with no headlights (they were destroyed in the impact with my car).

Hope you manage to find the owner of the car you hit and make things right, as it sucks to be on the receiving end of a hit and run.

You got rear ended by an F150, which weighs about 3+ tons and was traveling at 50 mph, while in your mid 90s corolla, and were able to get out of the car and run to a cop car?

I think your stats are wrong. that would be a pretty serious accident to walk away from, let alone run away from.

 

[Kev]

hit or bump?

not sure what the difference is

 

[SheHateMe]

Just ignore SheHateMe. Either trying really hard to troll, or just a plain idiot. What if this, what if that. What if the OP just had a pen? Then no thread for us all to waste our time on.

So questioning his handling of the situation after he hit the car is trolling.

Right.....

 

[manimal]

Next time throw a business car under the wipers.

 

[LTC8K6]

Feter road?

Feeder road?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Feter road?

Feeder road?

what does this even mean?

 

[Tommy2000GT]

OP is an uninsured Mexican. This is why you need uninsured motorists coverage.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I would have called the police on the spot, waited for them to arrive and write up an incident report.

I have heard WAYY too many stories just like yours, where someone saw the accident and called it in...... And the person who left the scene ending up with a warrant for their arrest.

That`s all nice and dandy....but in quite a few palces the cops will NOT show up for even a minor fender bender unless somebody is hurt...

 

[NutBucket]

Definitely this. You'd better be bleeding or blocking traffic if you expect LAPD to show up....

 

[Nintendesert]

Well, the OP still had a better day than all of San Francisco. Even if he's a horrible horrible person.

 

[sourceninja]

Actually, I think I read that Chicago will no longer show up for burglaries, car accidents, threatening phone calls etc, unless lives are in danger.

 

[SparkyJJO]

So questioning his handling of the situation after he hit the car is trolling.

Right.....

The problem is you question everything, almost down to what brand of pen it should have been at the rate it is going. And NO answer given ever is enough. There is always another "what if" in your mind. Not just here, but other threads also. He was trying to do the right thing. So you would have done it differently, so what?

Chill out and stop being so judgmental all the time.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

You got rear ended by an F150, which weighs about 3+ tons and was traveling at 50 mph, while in your mid 90s corolla, and were able to get out of the car and run to a cop car?

I think your stats are wrong. that would be a pretty serious accident to walk away from, let alone run away from.

Its impossible for me to know exactly how fast the truck was going. But I estimate 50MPH because the speed limit of the road I was on (Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge VA) was 45 MPH and there was no way the truck was going less than that when it hit me. I watched the headlights approach in my rear view mirror and the driver didn't even think about applying the brakes before he hit my car. The F150 was jacked up a bit so its bumper hit the mid part of my trunk and crumpled my entire car in almost 6 feet, i.e., the rear bumper was 6" from the back of the passenger seat. I honestly think that is the only reason I am still alive, because the truck did not hit the drive train, rear axle, etc. The body of the car took the entire impact and crumpled up like a giant accordion. As it was, my car was at the white line at the stop light and the force of the impact pushed it into the middle of a 6 lane intersection (Prince William Parkway and Smoketown Road... it was 2AM so there was thankfully no traffic). Only thing that kept me in the car was my seat belt. Had wicked bad bruises from it.

I had pics of the car at one point. I'll see if my mother still has them. If so I will scan and post them. The accident happened in 1996 (maybe 1997) so no guarantees.

PS: The curb weight of a 1995 F150 is ~4000 pounds, i.e. 2 short tons or roughly 1.8 metric tons. I was in a 1993 toyota corolla, which has a curb weight of ~2200 pounds.

PS2: Here is a link to the intersection:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=prin...=us&ei=WHEQUaDIM6u00AHA4oDABg&ved=0CDMQ8gEwAA

Not the first time I have posted about that particular accident:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30452518&postcount=16

 

[disappoint]

so I always have a pen and paper in the car.

I always have pen, paper, a box of tissues and an extra pair of sunglasses in the glove compartment.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Never have I seen a bigger load of armchair quarterbacks. LOL