People suck. (hit and run) - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Notorious Honey Badger · 07-02-2012, 07:29 PM

So I was at royal oak having smashburger (again.. god damn it's so good). So as I'm going to my car I see a guy in a black or grey SUV hit the truck he's trying to park next to. Smokes it real good. I stop and make sure he see's me. He slowly moves his SUV into the next spot and comes to a total stop. I thought to myself "I'll just put my food in my car and make sure he leaves information before I go anywhere". From the time I spent getting into my car and putting my bag down I looked in the rear view and he was gone. Fully parked to fully gone in 3 seconds. I hop out of my car and see him speeding around in front of sobeys and going in front of walmart. I tried to keep my eye on him and lost him. All I could remember was he had 4 digits in his AB license. After a few seconds of me not knowing where he went I figured he went inside walmart and drove over trying to find his SUV. No dice.

I feel so foolish for not getting his plate information in my head, or maybe even just walking over and pretending to check on his safety (making sure he couldn't go anywhere).

So to the driver of that SUV in Royal Oak I say you're a class A piece of trash. I hope someone smokes your SUV in a parking lot.

Travis Munroe · 07-02-2012, 07:51 PM

being able to identify the vehicle + cameras that might not have seen the act but caught him driving somewhere out front of sobeys = catching the jerk.
Did you report it?

sa226 · 07-02-2012, 08:05 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't give up on it.

Just knowing make, model, color and the fact that there is only 4 license plate digits instead of 6 could really narrow it down.

When I was a poor student, some idiot slammed into my parked car. Did some front end damage to the point that it was un-driveable. I certainly couldn't afford to have it fixed myself, but was very thankful that there was a witness that saw everything.

The other jerk ended up paying for the whole repair.

JonDuke · 07-02-2012, 09:05 PM

Was this today? I was at next door at Wild Wing around 530ish.
A plus is that parking area right out in front was, and usually is fairly full, so hopefully someone else saw it and caught a plate.
I don't think there are many, if any cameras in that area outside. I'm there quite often and can't ever recall seeing any.
What side of the offending SUV would be damaged? Any other info on it other than just black or grey and the 4 digits? I had the passenger door of my car given a sweet dent without anyone owning up to it and since have a nice hatred for people who hit n run. Would love to keep my eye open for the SUV, but would help if there was anything else you could remember.

boogerz · 07-02-2012, 10:03 PM

Hit and runs are so frequent in Calgary it's the main reason why I'll never buy a nice car as a daily driver.

Hopefully karma bites that SUV driver right in the dick

zamler · 07-02-2012, 10:51 PM

This is why I park as far away from the entrance as possible. If I know I am going to a congested lot, I won't take my good car. Yea I'm paranoid but there are too many dickheads in this city unfortunately.

malcolmk14 · 07-02-2012, 11:00 PM

Report it! Two years ago I reported a hit and run and it felt so good to get that phone call from the officer a couple days later saying they found the guy and he had to pay for all of the repairs.

Travis Munroe · 07-02-2012, 11:02 PM

The lesson of this story is that taking 2 stalls decreases your likely hood of parking lot damage

OutOfTheCube · 07-03-2012, 12:58 AM

This thread accomplished notifying me that a new burger place was open a five minute drive from my house. Huzzah!

Fire · 07-03-2012, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

This thread accomplished notifying me that a new burger place was open a five minute drive from my house. Huzzah!

Exactly! Why didn't anyone tell me they opened a Smash Burger in Royal Oak?

Sr. Mints · 07-03-2012, 02:07 AM

So we know that you risk being shot if you go to the Smash Burger on 32nd Ave N.E., and you risk being the victim of a hit and run if you go to the Smash Burger in Royal Oak.

Risky business, enjoying a burger has become.

Daradon · 07-03-2012, 05:57 AM

SMASHburger...

Huntingwhale · 07-03-2012, 10:08 AM

That sucks man, but like SA226 said, even with only 4 digits and good vehicle description, the cops should be able to narrow it down. In this day and age I'm sure his vehicle got caught on a security camera as well. Don't give up and keep us updated. I love a good hit and run story that ends with the ###### getting caught!

ken0042 · 07-03-2012, 11:33 AM

You'd think that would be the case. I witnessed a buddy get hit while we were cycling, and the driver ran off. I had the 5 of the 6 digits of the license; and knew the 6th was either an "M" or "N." That wasn't good enough for the police; even though I also had the make, model, and colour of the vehicle. They made me have to commit to picking that last digit.

And this was with my buddy hurt badly enough that we had gone to the hospital; and he had broken bones. I'm not sure how hard they would look into a hit and run where there was just property damage; and a partial license plate.

Clarkey · 07-03-2012, 01:54 PM

Where's the damage on the grey SUV? Front right, left?

Huntingwhale · 07-03-2012, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

You'd think that would be the case. I witnessed a buddy get hit while we were cycling, and the driver ran off. I had the 5 of the 6 digits of the license; and knew the 6th was either an "M" or "N." That wasn't good enough for the police; even though I also had the make, model, and colour of the vehicle. They made me have to commit to picking that last digit.

And this was with my buddy hurt badly enough that we had gone to the hospital; and he had broken bones. I'm not sure how hard they would look into a hit and run where there was just property damage; and a partial license plate.

Wow, if that's true that is terribly lazy on the cops part.

jayswin · 07-04-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

You'd think that would be the case. I witnessed a buddy get hit while we were cycling, and the driver ran off. I had the 5 of the 6 digits of the license; and knew the 6th was either an "M" or "N." That wasn't good enough for the police; even though I also had the make, model, and colour of the vehicle. They made me have to commit to picking that last digit.

And this was with my buddy hurt badly enough that we had gone to the hospital; and he had broken bones. I'm not sure how hard they would look into a hit and run where there was just property damage; and a partial license plate.

Yeah, that's brutal. He should have been an ass and reported a hit and run using M as the last letter of the licence. Then hung up, called back, and reported another hit and run, with everything the same, except with an N as the last letter.

Cecil Terwilliger · 07-04-2012, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by flameswin

Yeah, that's brutal. He should have been an ass and reported a hit and run using M as the last letter of the licence. Then hung up, called back, and reported another hit and run, with everything the same, except with an N as the last letter.

And while I like that idea they'd probably make him sign a statement and knowingly lying on a police statement probably isn't the greatest idea.

Gold star for trying to think outside of the box though.