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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?[/quote]

That's why you have insurance.[/quote]
We were hit (while parked) by a car w/ fake paper tags. The dc police were totally apathetic. The car that hit us was abandoned a block away, and the entire accident was caught on very clear camera. The police didn’t even see the car a block away - we saw it when waiting for our car to be towed. We called back 911 and the detective and 911 both said they would not fingerprint the car if no one was in it. Completely infuriating. Thankfully we were not hurt badly but we were without a car for 5 months (insurance o my covered 2 weeks of a loaner for us. Our insurance went way up and the value of our car went way down. This was with good Chubb insurance, too. [/quote]

So basically the outcome was almost equitable except you still had a car. MPD needs to work a little harder.[/quote]
I’m curious why you think it was equitable? I had parked and was getting out of the car with my kids so wasn’t at fault at all. My car wasn’t even turned on. We had to pay to rent a car for 5 months, our insurance premium is now way up, my youngest had to go in an ambulance and I had all of those fees, we had to pay our deductible, etc. The police could have fingerprinted the car that hit us since it was abandoned right after the accident, yet they did nothing and said they couldn’t catch the person. The fake temp tags on the car looked like they had printed themselves and the date on them was about a year old. There was no inspection or anything on the car. I’m not sure why there’s anything equitable about this? All they had to do was fingerprint the car - perhaps that combined w/ the video which clearly showed the drivers face and the hit and run could have taken one more creep off the street. [/quote]

Remember the other driver doesn't have a car now. You still have one. That's not fair.[/quote]

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