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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]someone I know was involved in a hit and run today. they were rear ended by a woman who gave her name and phone number and yelled "don't call the cops", before driving hastily away. The police came and filed a report. When they called the phone number given, it went right to voicemail. They got the license plate number.

This happened on Rock Creek Pkwy.

What happens to something like this? What is the process for them? They are extremely scared, it is their first accident.[/quote]

I don’t understand why you called the cops when the other driver said not to?[/quote]

Because she refused to stay at the scene, did not leave her insurance info, and gave a number that goes to a voicemail but hasn’t responded. How else would the situation be documented in case she has injuries?[/quote]

So you tried to hold a person against their will and they left? And she is crazy one. No one is under any obligation to stay at the scene of an accident with no injuries. I had an accident not long ago. I gave her a photocopy I had of my insurance card and left. Why am I staying? In fact my insurance company tells me if at fault, don’t admit fault, move car to safe area, if possible exchange info and leave as quickly as possible.

It also says if I am hit not my fault, try to get pictures, try to get witness info, try to call police, try to get driver to stay.

It is a game. Move on. I don’t even see why you called police. Let your insurance deal with it. As long as you have plate number they can look up insurance info. [/quote]
I agree with you and PPP that this was not a hit and run and it was inappropriate to call the police. It is a waste of police time and resources to call them for a simple fender bender where no one is injured and both vehicles are operable. The OP got the license plate and contact information for the driver. While it would have been ideal to get insurance information, they got enough. The driver of the other vehicle was well within their rights to leave the scene at that stage if they felt unsafe at that location. Rock Creek Parkway has no shoulder so it would have been appropriate to leave the scene as soon as possible. [/quote]

The victim blaming and aggression of this site is insane. I only asked for some advice. Saying I’m crazy is unnecessary. I never name called the other person. And you all say “If there were no injuries “ but the lady didn’t stay long enough to know that or not. Also sometimes injuries are delayed from car accidents. And like I said, the phone number goes to a voicemail but the voicemail doesn’t have a name.

And to some people who will be financially pressed by an unexpected deductible that wasn’t their fault, this is stressful. For one second try to have sympathy on this site before writing your aggressive High almighty answers.[/quote]
I’m the PP you are responding to and you will notice that not once does my post call you names, nor was there any victim blaming. I am sure that this is stressful for you and it is just one of those unfortunate curveballs of life that happens. You have received enough information to file a claim and you should pursue that. You should also be able to obtain registration information about the other driver from the license plate. This is going to require some legwork from you, but that is how these situations work. Ideally the other person would be more cooperative, but they are not legally obligated. Good luck.[/quote]

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