Don't you just hate folks that scratch and run??

CardinalWolsey

The police wouldn't be interested if this was in a private car park. I had a similar incident a few years ago, where I got back to my car in a car park to find it had been smashed in to. Phoned the police, who explained that because it wasn't on the highway nothing they could do. Fortunately, some other good samaritan had seen who had gone in to my car, and left both their details (as a witness) and the registration of the offending car on a note on my car.

cyclonebri1

CardinalWolsey wrote: »

The police wouldn't be interested if this was in a private car park. I had a similar incident a few years ago, where I got back to my car in a car park to find it had been smashed in to. Phoned the police, who explained that because it wasn't on the highway nothing they could do. Fortunately, some other good samaritan had seen who had gone in to my car, and left both their details (as a witness) and the registration of the offending car on a note on my car.

Well that's what you want as a victim, but try this for size. You do just that, the offender driver spots you and then has your contact details, gets tricky which is why many turn a blind eye, ps, I don't.

AndyMc.....

CardinalWolsey wrote: »

The police wouldn't be interested if this was in a private car park. I had a similar incident a few years ago, where I got back to my car in a car park to find it had been smashed in to. Phoned the police, who explained that because it wasn't on the highway nothing they could do. Fortunately, some other good samaritan had seen who had gone in to my car, and left both their details (as a witness) and the registration of the offending car on a note on my car.

Sound like the car park in this thread is a public place and would be a police matter.

cyclonebri1

I can say that the Road traffic Act applies in private as well as public places, just a nerd thing

AndyMc.....

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I can say that the Road traffic Act applies in private as well as public places, just a nerd thing

It applies to places the public have access to, but not all private places.

MysteryMe

I was parked at a rail station car park. My car got hit and dented quite badly by another in this case elderley driver. A rail worker saw the incident and told the driver he'd hit my car, driver said they would leave details on my windscreen. Rail worker keeps an eye out and the other driver drove off without doing that. Rail worker left his details and details of car that hit me. I rang the rail worker to thank them, hence knowing what took place. Went to the police and gave them the note that had been left for me and I know the police went around to the driver. I was given the name of the driver so I could advise my insurance company. If I saw something similar I would do the same thing. I bet that old man got a surprise when the police called around after thinking he'd got away with it.

cyclonebri1

MysteryMe wrote: »

I was parked at a rail station car park. My car got hit and dented quite badly by another in this case elderley driver. A rail worker saw the incident and told the driver he'd hit my car, driver said they would leave details on my windscreen. Rail worker keeps an eye out and the other driver drove off without doing that. Rail worker left his details and details of car that hit me. I rang the rail worker to thank them, hence knowing what took place. Went to the police and gave them the note that had been left for me and I know the police went around to the driver. I was given the name of the driver so I could advise my insurance company. If I saw something similar I would do the same thing. I bet that old man got a surprise when the police called around after thinking he'd got away with it.

And that's how all decent folks want it to work, you make a mistake and damage others property then you pay.

cyclonebri1

AndyMc..... wrote: »

It applies to places the public have access to, but not all private places.

Yes, I meant such places as tesco's car park and the doc's surgery in this case, but then you did know that methinks?

pimento

I saw something similar a few years back except the offending driver took the whole front bumper off the car and drove off. The car was being driven by an old guy and there was a female passenger (also elderly).

I left my name and phone number under the windscreen on the damaged car offering to be a witness and when the damaged car owner claimed on the offending car's insurance it turned out that the male driver had no insurance to drive the car and was doing the woman owner a favour by driving her about. Therefore the driver wasn't insured.

I had to just say I saw the car driving and not describe the driver so that the damaged car didn't have a problem with their claim.