I need to go file a police report. City of Calgary grader plowed our road and hit my car. We arrived home around 3pm (passing the grader and trucks about 10 blocks past ours) and noticed our 2nd car had smashed windows and was pushed 18" forward into the snow
311 (City of Calgary) says that the Grader should have left a sticker if he hit the car, but I guess the guy didn't notice, so technically it is a hit and run. The city is going to send an adjuster out on Monday to look at it, but said I need a police report before they can do anything.
Called the non-emergency police line and they said if the car was drivable, to bring it to a police station to file the police report. If not drivable, it will take days for an officer to come out.
Called my insurance broker and they weren't much help either.
So - I turn to CP....should I clean off my car and drive it to the police station, or am I better off leaving it for an officer and/or the City of Calgary adjuster to come see the damage and confirm that it was the grader.
Spoiler!
Tires pushed 18" forward
Grader tire tracks leading to the car
Looks like the point of impact; doesn't look like any lower damage
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looks drivable to me. just go to the police station and file a report, should speed up the process. Once the cop gives you the sticker i would imagine the adjuster will take their sweet ass time to come see your car.
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If you think you're car is not in safe drivable condition, call CPS and they will dispatch an officer to your car and the police report can be filed on scene. That's the way I did mine last month after my car was involved in a hit and run.
Also, call 311 and find out for sure if it was a snowplow that hit your car. I thought my vehicle was hit by a snowplow but apparently each oneis outfitted with a GPS tracker so they can go back and tell exactly where any of their units were in situations like that. You'll need the approximate date/time/location.
Looking at the 3rd picture, aren't you illegally angle parked? Not sure how that will impact your claim, but take lots of pictures and then go to CPS.
I hope not.
Our street is a funny one - we live on a 1/2 cul-de-sac that was created where 2 roads intersect. We moved in about 18months ago and our neighbors always parked like this (the truck) so we just parked beside them. Is this wrong?
Called the non-emergency police line and they said if the car was drivable, to bring it to a police station to file the police report. If not drivable, it will take days for an officer to come out.
Did they say that, or are you just assuming it? Average turnaround time on a call like that should be 2-4 hours, give or take the time of day you call. Tomorrow's a saturday, if you don't plan on going anywhere, give them a call when you wake up. Shouldn't take that long to get a car out there.
I don't know if I'd class that as drivable, honestly. Who can tell what sort of additional damage you could cause to the windows by moving the vehicle. Would hate for you to start moving the vehicle, and have your rear side windows fall out.
Our street is a funny one - we live on a 1/2 cul-de-sac that was created where 2 roads intersect. We moved in about 18months ago and our neighbors always parked like this (the truck) so we just parked beside them. Is this wrong?
Yes, it is illegal (well, against city bylaw). I too live in the same type of area, its a big winding turn and people angle parks here too (not that often as lots of driveway space for all).
I looked into it preemtively in case it arose, and angle parking is only allowed when expressly indicated by signage. Anywhere else you're basically just parking sideways across the road.
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Looking at the 3rd picture, aren't you illegally angle parked? Not sure how that will impact your claim, but take lots of pictures and then go to CPS.
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Yes, it is illegal (well, against city bylaw). I too live in the same type of area, its a big winding turn and people angle parks here too (not that often as lots of driveway space for all).
I looked into it preemtively in case it arose, and angle parking is only allowed when expressly indicated by signage. Anywhere else you're basically just parking sideways across the road.
I'm not sure it matters though? Even if he's not properly parked you can't just drive into a parked car. Think of how glorious it would be if we could drive into people who were not parking properly, or better yet couldn't properly use a merge lane!
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Did they say that, or are you just assuming it? Average turnaround time on a call like that should be 2-4 hours, give or take the time of day you call. Tomorrow's a saturday, if you don't plan on going anywhere, give them a call when you wake up. Shouldn't take that long to get a car out there.
When I called the non emergency line, the lady said that it would be 18-36 hours based on how busy they were right now. I ended up going to the station and filing a police report and was shocked to find out that there has already been >3,800 police reports filed in 2014. Kudos to our police force for having to deal with those kind of volumes 3 days into the new year!
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I don't know if I'd class that as drivable, honestly. Who can tell what sort of additional damage you could cause to the windows by moving the vehicle. Would hate for you to start moving the vehicle, and have your rear side windows fall out.
You would be correct in that assumption. I opened the driver side door to get out my valuables and the rear side window basically fell inwards into pieces, and to get my stuff out of the hatch the glass all fell in too. With the damage done, I figured I might as well make it safe for others on the road, so I did my best to scrape every ounce of glass off the car and shovel it as best I could off the road surrounding the car before I moved it.
Assuming the car likely not a write-off, I know the insurance folk get grumpy if you don't take steps to mitigate any further damage, which meant at a minimum covering it with plastic (good luck getting tape to stick to a frozen wet car) or moving it into the garage, so I took the later approach.
Thanks for all the advice on photos etc. CP - much appreciated!
Yes, it is illegal (well, against city bylaw). I too live in the same type of area, its a big winding turn and people angle parks here too (not that often as lots of driveway space for all).
I looked into it preemtively in case it arose, and angle parking is only allowed when expressly indicated by signage. Anywhere else you're basically just parking sideways across the road.
Good to know - thanks. Drove all around my neighborhood and there are several of these 1/2 cul-de-sacs and all were angle parking. Guess I'll have to phone 311 and ask for proper signage to be installed allowing angle parking.
Discovered that road hockey nets are also against city bylaw - I wonder how often that one is enforced!
Good to know - thanks. Drove all around my neighborhood and there are several of these 1/2 cul-de-sacs and all were angle parking. Guess I'll have to phone 311 and ask for proper signage to be installed allowing angle parking.
Discovered that road hockey nets are also against city bylaw - I wonder how often that one is enforced!
I don't think you can get the angle parking signage, it would require lines, etc, and I imagine there are 100s of other reasons you don't see them on residential streets.
But yes, its one of those seldom enforced ones, as most 'true' cul-de-sacs end up being almost exclusively angle parking. I'd imagine only see enforcement when a complaint is lodged.
Should I drive my car? (Snowplow hit and run)
