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droopydrew19 · 10-25-2009, 03:44 PM

I thought I would post this here to see if anyone has experience with a similar incident or I know we have some leagally inclined CPers.

Details:

In June I was parked in a Walmart parking lot.
My kids were inside my van as I ran into the store.
A truck pull beside me and opened their door banging into my door.
Upon realizing that my door had been hit the driver closed the door and drove away.
As the truck drove away my oldest daughter got out and took down the licence plate number of the truck.
We went the next day to the Police and did a report.
Police tracked the guy down and did not press charges.
Police told me that the guy would work it out with me.
I contacted him and got autobody quotes for some scratches on my door.
Today I finally get to meet the guy face to face. He wanted to make sure that he caused damage to my vehicle. We lined them up side by side to assess.
The scratches that I assumed he made do not line up to his vehicle.

It just does not feel right to have someone hit and run and then tell me I didn't do any damage. He admits he banged my door. I was not present so I cannot prove that he did damage. There is damage on my door that was done around that time as I wash my vehicle weekly so I would have noticed it doing a car wash.

So I am questioning.... Why run if there was no damage? Is there any variables that I am not thinking of? Is a hit and run pretty much an admission of guilt?

Thanks for the ears of the CP collective.

10-25-2009, 03:44 PM	#1
droopydrew19 Safari Stan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: 3rd trailer on the left Exp:	Hit and Run... in a parking lot I thought I would post this here to see if anyone has experience with a similar incident or I know we have some leagally inclined CPers. Details: In June I was parked in a Walmart parking lot. My kids were inside my van as I ran into the store. A truck pull beside me and opened their door banging into my door. Upon realizing that my door had been hit the driver closed the door and drove away. As the truck drove away my oldest daughter got out and took down the licence plate number of the truck. We went the next day to the Police and did a report. Police tracked the guy down and did not press charges. Police told me that the guy would work it out with me. I contacted him and got autobody quotes for some scratches on my door. Today I finally get to meet the guy face to face. He wanted to make sure that he caused damage to my vehicle. We lined them up side by side to assess. The scratches that I assumed he made do not line up to his vehicle. It just does not feel right to have someone hit and run and then tell me I didn't do any damage. He admits he banged my door. I was not present so I cannot prove that he did damage. There is damage on my door that was done around that time as I wash my vehicle weekly so I would have noticed it doing a car wash. So I am questioning.... Why run if there was no damage? Is there any variables that I am not thinking of? Is a hit and run pretty much an admission of guilt? Thanks for the ears of the CP collective. Last edited by droopydrew19; 10-25-2009 at 03:49 PM.