Rollin'

By Anonymous - 01/09/2016 03:40 - United States - San Jose

Today, I was driving home when a guy crashed into me from behind. I got out of my car and told him that I was going to call the cops. He then asked me if we could move to a corner because we were blocking the way, so we then got back in to move. I looked in the mirror to see him driving off. FML
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j11a01 16

Never move a car for an accident. Something simple as that can make you at fault.

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jimeple 12

Not in Texas. If you can drive your vehicle you better move it or you'll be fined for impeding traffic. And you could've always followed him.

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GirasolNegro 22

Did you at least get a picture of, or jot down the license plate number?

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panda900 9

Actually yes - idk what the first comment is talking about. There's areas & situations you need to move your car (simple fender bender) Obvs something more serious you wouldn't move it. You can't help people taking off if they do it they do it. But first thing you want to do is take a few seconds, get out & at the very least take a couple pics on your phone for later proof before you touch anything. Then swap infos & move it if you can or if it's feasible.

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AliakaiX 2

Did you not take a picture of his license plate?

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LittleRed79 39

I'm sorry...that's what you do? How frequent an occurrence is this for you??

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team_garra 8

You are supposed to call the cops immediately after the accident occurs giving them both drivers information. Then move the vehicles, that way they have both of your information in case one of you try's to drive off. What a douche bag. It happened to my grandfather a few months back as well!

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ceciestuncompte_fml 1

Wait. Do you guys actually need to call the cops in a simple material accident ? Considering the rate of material accident in any developed country, that's insane. In France, cops only get involved in case of body harm, or if the accident occurs on the highway (because very high speed and dense traffic create a risk of the accident chaining).

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yerawizardlizzy 27

Yes, of course we do. I don't understand what you would do in case of a hit and run. What if they didn't run and it was a drunk driver or someone under the influence? What if they don't have the proper credentials? I was glad to have the police on my side when I was rear-ended. I wasn't hurt and it wasn't on a highway, but the guy ran and hit someone else on the wrong side of the road. Turns out he was heavily influenced and blacked out briefly. I had his license plate and the police found him (because of the second accident, which again did not cause injury and was not on a highway) and he faced consequences. Your law enforcement would really be okay with this situation because I wasn't hurt and it wasn't on a highway? I find it very hard to believe your law enforcement wouldn't get involved with any of the scenarios I described above.

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okamiyazaki 8

You don't have to but you should, especially if you're by yourself and have no other witnesses. It helps to have a witness and they file a police report for your insurance company or in case the other person tries to blame you. You should even do it if you hit a deer for example, so you have a report and witness and can get coverage for repairs.

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species4872 19

#24 In Oz, New South Wales, you only call police if - someone is injured refuses to give details, (license), It is an offense not to give details. Someone leaves the accident without giving details. If someone, (driver) is under the influence. If the vehicles cannot be moved. If you have an accident you get the persons details contact the insurance company and they take care of the rest. Also any rear end collision is always the person who's behind that is at fault. Even if the car in front slams on the brakes the car behind is still expected to stop in time, if not then they are traveling too close to the car in front. Incidentally we don't have "law enforcement offices" we have police that police the laws rather then enforce them.

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evilplatypus 38

It's usually at the discretion of those that were in the accident. You can agree to settle things yourselves, or you can call the cops if there's a question of fault.

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Zanquis 22

actually there are a few exceptions to rear ending party always being at fault. First one obviously when front car reverse (often done on purpose to claim insurance money from rear party) but they can check if rear lights where used at time of accident. Other exception is if first car lacked working brake lights (it is the responsibilty to have a safe vehicle and judge ruled this caused the rear ending car to respond to late.) Finally when braking while/after changing lanes (not giving trailing car sufficient time to leave a gap)

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Bobby319 24

Never move after an accident, it's consider leaving the scene of an accident which itself is a crime, although they wouldn't charge you with it, it invalidates your claims and the police won't do an investigation of anything

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momogal 22

It's been said several times already by a lot of people, but I'll reiterate. In several states, it's considered a punishable offense to stay in the roadway. If there are no injuries and the vehicles are in a driveable condition, they must be moved as soon as possible in order to reduce the risk of causing more accidents.

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saberjpg 6

There's a thing on your cell phone called a camera. It will take pictures. Before you move, you always take pictures of the cars positions, license plate, the driver of the other vehicle, and any other important information that will show the details of what happened. Then it doesn't matter if they drive off.

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okamiyazaki 8

Very first thing you should do after an accident without injuries is make a mental note of the other person's car and license plate number as well as what they look like. Or immediately take a pic with your phone.

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LAURA_EL_JUICE 6

Dash Cams, thats what I recommend. I know im already getting one. On the plus side if you are fully insured file a police report as a hit and run and your insurance should take care of it.

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