Should i report this?

Stooby2

oldagetraveller wrote: »

The op did "snap" the offender's reg. mark.:)

Ah yes, missed that bit, thanks.

Well the police might take a report in that case. Depends on what force and how the cutbacks have strangled their admin department as to whether anything will happen.

vaio

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

But if the owner of the parked car doesn't notice any damage, or notices it and doesn't want to take it any further and doesn't contact their insurers or the police, their insurance company will not have any knowledge of the incident.
It will only be if the owner reports it that there is any chance of their premium rising.


As above.
Nothing has been stated about a note being left for the owner, so at present they will have no idea that the incident has been reported to the police, hence the only reason they will inform their insurers if if they notice any damage and then choose to inform them.

OP reports it to police, police contact the run away driver and the parked driver.

Now both drivers know about the accident and are obliged to report it to their insurers and get the resulting premium hike and all for an "accident" that caused no damage

The_Deep

Raksha wrote: »

If it happened on private property then it's not a Police matter.

Wrong. Why do people come on theses boards and post such misinformation?

My car was damaged while my wife was shopping in a supermarket and the driver drove off without stopping. A witness left me a note, I reported it to the police, they interviewed the witness, the driver was interviewed, admitted the offence and received a caution. His insurance paid for everything.

diamond_dave

Report it to the driver and include the reg no. Even a small smack can end up costing a fortune. why do people think that they can get away with acting like this. All the woman had to do was either to wait and speak to the driver, apologising profusely, or leave her details.

arcon5

Stoke wrote: »

Spot on. As far as I'm concerned, she's no better. Where I live, there are lots of hit and runs on supermarket car parks. My dads car was hit on a supermarket car park doing £200 worth of damage. No note, no witness. Just a week after getting it fixed, at the same supermarket, he returned to find a large gouge down the bumper of his car where someone had either crashed their trolley into it... or their car. Both incidents were hit and run. Both incidents have ended up costing my dad money.

You have a moral obligation to tell the owner of the car and if they want to go via the police, you should provide a statement as evidence.

Unfortunately, there's a bit of ageism on this forum. It's against the youth rather than the older generation though!

Actually the drivers age doesn't seem to be a factor at all! Most have agreed that op should feel morally obligued to advise the car owner who pranged the car - but the police is a whole different matter. At least by notifying the owner then they can make their own judgement as to whether it is worth pursuing or not.

neilmcl

alun4 wrote: »

Regrettably, the end answer has to be "do nothing". I wish the world was different.

I think this says more about your attitude.

OP, at the very least I would have informed the store CS desk.

Strider590

Let's think about this differently.......

If there had been a toddler walking between the cars, she would have killed him/her.
People like this need to be reported and removed from the roads.......

We're far too tolerant of elderly drivers in this country.

sinbad182

Strider590 wrote: »

Let's think about this differently.......

If there had been a toddler walking between the cars, she would have killed him/her.
People like this need to be reported and removed from the roads.......

We're far too tolerant of elderly drivers in this country.

What does that have to do with the actual situation?

neilmcl

Strider590 wrote: »

Let's think about this differently.......

If there had been a toddler walking between the cars, she would have killed him/her.
People like this need to be reported and removed from the roads.......

We're far too tolerant of elderly drivers in this country.

I knew it wouldn't be long before this came up.

Strider590

sinbad182 wrote: »

What does that have to do with the actual situation?

The actual situation being whether to report this or not?

What if reporting it eventually leads to this driver handing in her car keys? or to her family taking some responsibility and doing it for her?

It could save a life.......