No police action for collision

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Car_54 said:

Mickey666 said:

In this particular case, someone in a vehicle has caused significant damage and no doubt worry and stress to innocent parties and despite there being a witness and evidence of the miscreant the police seem unwilling to pursue the person responsible.  Meanwhile, someone else in a vehicle has been fined for travelling in excess of the speed limit, even though they have caused no damage and done no harm.  I'm not defending speeding, but these instances would seem to suggest that the police take POTENTIAL road traffic accidents more seriously than ACTUAL accidents.  It seems strange that a driver can collect penalty points for something with no consequences while avoiding penalty points in the case of an actual accident with real consequences.

There is no evidence of the miscreant (and there might never be), only of the vehicle.

The comparison with speeding is not entirely valid. Most speeding offences need no investigation, and indeed may be dealt with from beginning to end with little (or no?) human intervention.

Unless the vehicle is showing as no current keeper and no insurance held, then basic admin should be followed. Surely it's not too much to ask that they send one letter requesting driver details as a minimum?