I was driving on a 4 lane road to work and was in the right lane. About the only other car around was the SUV in the left lane. All of a sudden the SUV leaves his lane and hits my car around my rear driver's side tire - causing me to fish tail slightly. And the fucker just speeds off down the road. Fortunately my car still felt fine so I followed him. I have no idea what he thought he was doing - we were headed into an area that is always heavy rush hour traffic with no nearby intersections. So I called 911 to report a hit and run and quickly caught up to him after he got stuck going about 25mph.
911: "Did you get a description of the vehicle?"
Me: "Yeah I'm right behind him in traffic. What do you want to know?"
Its still 2 west bound lanes so I pull up beside him for a better look. Asshole just looks over at me and flicks me off while I'm on the phone with 911.
So they got license plate #, car make model and color, bumper sticker, description of driver, color of jacket, and color of hat
Once it was clear he was never going to pull over I found a carpool lot and waited for the cops. The damage to my car isn't too bad but he hit me like 5/6 of the way back so either he didn't like me passing him on the left (passing on the left is common in MI) and decided to hit me or he wasn't paying attention
Sadly it seems the ticket for a hit and run when no one is injured is only $100. (A speeding ticket for 1-5mph is $95). I can only hope it comes with a lot of points.
Now I have to figure out if there is anything I can do to get him to pay for repairs without making a second car insurance claim in 3 months. (MI car insurance is super fucked up) It also pisses me off that I went 12 years without even a fender bender and now I've had two accidents in 3 months that are very clearly not my fault. I know everyone says drivers in their area are bad but the area we moved to 2 years ago might be the worst in MI. We have some of the most dangerous intersections in the state (Which are 4 way intersections with traffic lights) despite competing with much higher density areas like Grand Rapids. Part of the problem is the auto industries draw a lot of people from areas that don't get snow and, for some reason, our area has a larger than average concentration of that.
911: "Did you get a description of the vehicle?"
Me: "Yeah I'm right behind him in traffic. What do you want to know?"
Its still 2 west bound lanes so I pull up beside him for a better look. Asshole just looks over at me and flicks me off while I'm on the phone with 911.
So they got license plate #, car make model and color, bumper sticker, description of driver, color of jacket, and color of hat
Once it was clear he was never going to pull over I found a carpool lot and waited for the cops. The damage to my car isn't too bad but he hit me like 5/6 of the way back so either he didn't like me passing him on the left (passing on the left is common in MI) and decided to hit me or he wasn't paying attention
Sadly it seems the ticket for a hit and run when no one is injured is only $100. (A speeding ticket for 1-5mph is $95). I can only hope it comes with a lot of points.
Now I have to figure out if there is anything I can do to get him to pay for repairs without making a second car insurance claim in 3 months. (MI car insurance is super fucked up) It also pisses me off that I went 12 years without even a fender bender and now I've had two accidents in 3 months that are very clearly not my fault. I know everyone says drivers in their area are bad but the area we moved to 2 years ago might be the worst in MI. We have some of the most dangerous intersections in the state (Which are 4 way intersections with traffic lights) despite competing with much higher density areas like Grand Rapids. Part of the problem is the auto industries draw a lot of people from areas that don't get snow and, for some reason, our area has a larger than average concentration of that.
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