Thread: Chased down a hit a run driver in my 110!

Great work, but maybe a little risky for you, Did you check the note to see if it actually was their name and address and what's to stop them driving around the block and removing the note when you're gone?

yeh, are you sure they didn't put your rego number on the note

But good on you. You may have changed someone behaviour for the better. The fact they didn't shower you with abuse and threaten you, means to me you most likely made a difference.

Did you get THEIR rego No and vehicle make type and colour just in case the owner of the damaged vehicle needs it, and did you leave your details as you witnessed the incident

Good on yer!

Too many people are willing to stand around and watch an injustice. That's how the rot sets in. Without actions like that eventually moral standards will be degraded to the lowest common denominator, that of selfish individuals who think that they can get away with it because they know they will. What is 'acceptable behaviour' is determined by us, our actions and our response to the actions of others. No use waiting until things have gone so far that all you can do is watch the TV and think back to how it was / should be. The riots in the UK (England) over summer made that obvious to me, Australia shouldn't take a similar path.

Even if they gave someone else's details I bet they'll tell someone else of like mind / morals what happened which would make them think twice about doing the same.

Good on yer.

Nothing to have stopped them from going back and removing the note...but I wasn't about to stay there all night. I kind of hoped they'd be honest, particularly as the damage was superficial (testament to the shock-absorbing rear bumper design of modern cars) and not the first damage to the car in question!

I took their rego down but completely forgot to leave my details too. Will swing past in the morning and leave a card. Good pick up UncleHo.

Old joke, I ran into a car, so hoped out, inspected the damage and wrote a note, on the note I wrote, I'm just writing this note so people think I'm doing the right thing after hitting your car, they think I'm leaving my contacts details.......

2 short stories about this sort of thing.

My sister many years ago was driving along a busy road in Melbourne (she was from the country) with her walkman (that's how many years ago it was) head phones on and she clipped another cars mirror with hers and smashed it.

As she was traveling quite fast, nobody chased her but got her rego and dobbed her into the cops who quite nicely gave her a call and passed her info onto the other person.

About a month or so after it was all over she received a court date and was charged with dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

So the coppers were not quite as nice as she thought they were.

Second story was my wife was in a carpark at a shopping centre and a beat up Magna turned a corner and drove straight into the side of our Carolla.

My wife witnessed it happening and as the driver went to just drive off she caught her and informed her in a highly threatening and abusive way that she had just hit our car.

The women then agreed to write down her information which turned out to be bogus but it just happened that one of our neighbour's also witnessed it and told us who she was.

Needless to say she was not happy when my wife and myself rolled up to her work and let it be known that she needed to accompany us to the police station or else they were going to come and get her.

Her car was unregistered and uninsured so not only was she charged but I recon she will be paying for the damage on the Carolla for a long time yet.

I do hope you got their details as well and I would still report them.

That is about as low as you can get.

Cheers Casper

You have to be careful Casper, I've been burnt a couple of times myself.. recently I was stationary in a car park of a business and someone reversed into the rear passenger side of my car with his hilux.. we both jumped out and he said to me 'oh that was lucky there is no damage'.. it was late at night and dark and all I wanted to do was go home so I stupidly took his word for it.. the next morning I realised he has done some reasonably extensive damage to the bumper of my car..

I also had an elderly man reverse into me a few years ago and he happily gave me his contact details while apologising for his mistake.. poor old guy was so shaken up I even took him inside the shopping centre and bought him a cuppa until he settled enough to drive home. First thing he did when he got home was to call me to tell me that he had spoken to his insurance company and they had advised him that his premium would go up if he was at fault and that as there were no witnesses it was his word against mine and that he wasn't going to pay.. that mistake cost me about $2000 to repair..

I've other stories but don't want to bore anyone..

So well done to 'The cone of silence' and Monty for saving the day for some poor unsuspecting person.. you are my hero today!