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My car got hit by a guy running a red light. In reverse. Cops saw whole thing.

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BikeJunkie

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So here's my WTF for 2014:

I'm on my way home from a meeting today when the guy about 5 car lengths in front of me (but no cars between us) runs a red light. I stop at the stop bar of the intersection.

About 90% of the way through the intersection, he changes his mind. He probably tried to "fix" his mistake when he noticed a police cruiser on the other side of the intersection.

So he hits me pretty good (he didn't just try to coast back... he floored it - you could hear his engine rev up). I just shake my head. We both step out of our cars.

I tell him to just turn left when our light turns green so we can pull into a nearby parking lot and not hold up traffic. The cop already has his lights on, so I'm not worried about any funny business.

We pull into the parking lot and wait 5 minutes before the cops finally show up. Two cop cars now (only one saw the incident). Neither of them even got out of their cruisers.

Out of curiosity, I ask what took so long, half jokingly.

Cop: "I needed to wait for back-up."

Me: "lolwut?"

Cop: "I couldn't risk approaching you guys alone."

Me: "Well good thing neither of us was assaulting the other, I guess."

Cop: "Is everything good here?"

Me: "You mean besides the guy who just ran a red light twice - once forward, once again in reverse - and then hit me, year we're gold. No damage to either car.

Cop: "Okey dokey." <takes off>

Me and idiot #1 just look at each other with a mutual "WTF" and then go our separate ways (I already had all of his info at that point).

I got a speeding ticket about 10 years ago on that same stretch of road for doing 8 miles over (43 in a 35). I guess that's worse than running a red light, driving in reverse, and causing an accident 😕

As a side note, while we were waiting for the "cops," I asked the guy WTF just happened:

Idiot #1: "I'm really sorry, I didn't see you there."

Me: "You drove backwards through an intersection without knowing what was behind you?"

Idiot #1: "Yeah I guess... I'm really sorry man."

Me: "No harm, no foul... but seriously dude..."

Face. Palm.

Short version

Dumbass drives backwards through a red light and runs into me. Cop sees it but waits for back-up before approaching us. Doesn't ticket anyone or even get out of his car.
 
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As long as you are ok, that's all that really matters.

Take it up with Insurance and you should've asked the cop for badge ID and he should be your witness (if need maybe).

He simply refused to do his job (it seems). He should've wrote a report and gave her a ticket for sure.

Contact Police station and tell them above maybe?

Nintendesert said:
Good thing you weren't on a bike.
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Imagine that. It would've been his LAST day on the bike....EVER.
 
thread would get more play if one of you were on a bike.

seriously though, glad nothing worse happened :thumbsup:
 
Nintendesert said:
Good thing you weren't on a bike.
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Funny you say that - as I drove the rest of the way home, I was going through the whole thing in my head as if I were on a bike... ie, what would/should I have done, etc.

Vdubchaos said:
Take it up with Insurance and you should've asked the cop for badge ID and he should be your witness (if need maybe).

He simply refused to do his job (it seems). He should've wrote a report and gave her a ticket for sure.

Contact Police station and tell them above maybe?
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In hindsight, yeah, I should have insisted on a police report. Since there was no damage, I was already in "I just want to gtfo of here mode I have stuff to do." Someone else suggested to me also that I should contact the police station.

Vdubchaos said:
Imagine that. It would've been his LAST day on the bike....EVER.
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Nah. I would have sucked, yeah, but I would have been fine. I would have ended up on the guy's trunk. I'm not saying it's a situation I want to be in or a risk I take lightly, but I would have been fine.
 
Good thing a cop was there but good reason to get a dash camera. He could have said you rear-ended him.
 
BikeJunkie said:
In hindsight, yeah, I should have insisted on a police report. Since there was no damage, I was already in "I just want to gtfo of here mode I have stuff to do." Someone else suggested to me also that I should contact the police station.
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I had a friend that did that and after he left the accident scene, the other party called the cops and said he hit and run.

He was in DEEP shit after that....

Always follow procedure, regardless how much of a hurry you are in.
 
you sound like a jackass op.

and your story doesn't make sense.

so he "floored it and you could hear his engine revving" and he "hit you pretty good" but there was no damage? think you are lying/exaggerating about his speed.
 
BikeJunkie said:
No kidding. At first I panicked because I thought it would just be my word against his, but then I saw the lights come on.



Excellent advice... in the future I definitely will.
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Actually he can still say that. Did you get the cops car number or anything?

Someone hit my truck and told the insurance company I hit them. It was obvious it was his fault but still 1 1/2 years later still fighting them to get paid for that. Bought a dash camera right after that.
 
purbeast0 said:
you sound like a jackass op.
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A jackass thinks I sound like a jackass? I'll try to get over it 🙂

purbeast0 said:
and your story doesn't make sense.

so he "floored it and you could hear his engine revving" and he "hit you pretty good" but there was no damage? think you are lying/exaggerating about his speed.
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You caught me. I chose the most trivial point of the story and decided to exaggerate it. I'm not a physicist or an engineer. Just telling you what I saw. If you can't take it for face value, I don't really care.
 
Jimzz said:
Actually he can still say that. Did you get the cops car number or anything?

Someone hit my truck and told the insurance company I hit them. It was obvious it was his fault but still 1 1/2 years later still fighting them to get paid for that. Bought a dash camera right after that.
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I'm actually going to call the station to get a report. FWIW, the other guy doesn't have any of my information. I never gave him my name and he never even stepped around to look at my plate. So I'm genuinely not worried about this happening. My biggest concern is noticing something when I go to wash the car or something.
 
vshah said:
yeah, no damage doesn't compute. something is fishy.
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If it helps, he was driving a Saturn. You could hear it "crunch" and then "pop" back out. He was driving a bit of a beater, so who knows... maybe there was a new scratch that was just blending in with the rest.
 
Sounds like it was that guy's luck day.

First he runs a red light and doesn't get t-boned by a heavy duty pickup truck in the process

Then he reverses into you and apparently doesn't do damage (?)

And finally he did this all in front of a cop who doesn't even give him a ticket?
 
Sluggo said:
If what you wrote is actually what you said to the cop, then you are a total ass.

I would fully support him tasing you.
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The cops failed to do their jobs on multiple fronts out of some combination of laziness and fear; I called them out for it on one of those fronts (which was a very real/valid point). Maybe you were coddled as a child, but just because someone says something that hurts your feelings doesn't make it untrue or unjustified.
 
lozina said:
Sounds like it was that guy's luck day.

First he runs a red light and doesn't get t-boned by a heavy duty pickup truck in the process

Then he reverses into you and apparently doesn't do damage (?)

And finally he did this all in front of a cop who doesn't even give him a ticket?
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That's really what blew my mind (and what was the real point of the thread). Guy runs a red light, runs it AGAIN in reverse, and then hits someone. Cops do absolutely shit about any of it.

The most thought the cops put into any of it was not approaching us alone 🙄
 
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