Scraped car in car park and can't trace owner

Retrogamer

Backpacker872 wrote: »

Thanks all for your advice.

Thought it may help to solve the argument about whether this does/does not need reporting to the police.

So I decided to go to the police station and report this. My thought was, if in doubt it's best to go and report it just in case. Turned up this morning and the woman practically laughed me out of the station and told me this wasn't anything for them to deal with. Didn't take my details or anything.
So I guess this answers this!

The law clearly states you have to report it to the police so that isn't in any doubt.
Whether the police can be bothered to do anything after / when you report it is a different question.

I use Pepipoo and Pistonheads legal sections for motoring knowledge as well and there isn't a week goes by where a thread gets posted because someone didn't follow the correct process

It usually goes like this>
Someone is driving their car, hits another car, drives off and doesn't realise.
Owner of damaged car contacts police. Police (if / when they can be bothered) get hold of CCTV and capture the car that drove off.

Car that drove off then receives a NIP for usually 2 or more of the following.

Failing to stop after an accident.
Failing to report an accident.
Driving with undue care & attention.

The failing to report an accident part is the part we're discussing.
Here's a thread here of someone in this situation

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=96598

Quentin

Backpacker872 wrote: »

Thanks all for your advice.

Thought it may help to solve the argument about whether this does/does not need reporting to the police.

So I decided to go to the police station and report this. My thought was, if in doubt it's best to go and report it just in case. Turned up this morning and the woman practically laughed me out of the station and told me this wasn't anything for them to deal with. Didn't take my details or anything.
So I guess this answers this!

No it doesn't.

The woman was wrong (read up the relevant act from the link posted)

You did the correct thing.

Seems your woman and Thames Valley police website manager both missed that part of the course.