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Could you give an example or two and some specific reasons why? I don't doubt you at all; I'm just interested.

seanp2k2 10y ago
I've had similar experiences. In one example, an uninsured driver backed up into my car as we were leaving a gas station. The driver was obviously intoxicated (seemed like high on marijuana, the smell was quite strong). I asked for their insurance, they said they had none, and said "please don't call the police". They then got back in and drove away. At this point, the station attendant comes out and says that he has video cameras and the tape and that he saw what happened and would do whatever he could to help. I called the police and all they cared about was "was anyone injured? No? Then we're not coming out. You can come here and file a police report if you want." They honestly didn't care about a hit-and-run with an uninsured driver who very likely had drugs on them. I filed a police report and got the damage looked at, and it was less than my deductible to repair, so I just ate it. Nothing ever happened with the police report. It also annoys me that this happened in my home town where the police absolutely love to sit at freeway exits where the service drive lane has a stop sign instead of a yield sign and write tickets all day for people rolling the stop signs, so I very much doubt that they have anything better to do, they just seem super lazy.
jliptzin 10y ago
In one instance I was driving on the freeway in some traffic in the right lane and suddenly a huge 18 wheeler truck behind me starts honking the horn, I had no idea why. I creep up as much as I could as there was another car in front of me. The truck driver proceeds to rear end me. The first time I thought it was an accident, then he keeps doing it over and over again until I am finally in the shoulder. When I'm out of his way he starts driving away, I follow him to get his tag # and call the police. He did some pretty significant damage to my car. When they arrive to file the report they tell me there's 'nothing they can do' because the plates were out of state. They said they would file the report anyway. About a year later I shop around for car insurance and discover that the police report somehow indicated that the collision was my fault. Luckily the insurance company took a look at the damage and saw I was rear ended and concluded it probably was not my fault and removed it from my record.
- icebraining 10y ago
  They don't give you the report to sign after typing it up? Sounds like a terrible system, not just a bad cop. I've filled police reports in three (European) countries and I've always had to sign my declarations.

I've had similar experiences. In one example, an uninsured driver backed up into my car as we were leaving a gas station. The driver was obviously intoxicated (seemed like high on marijuana, the smell was quite strong). I asked for their insurance, they said they had none, and said "please don't call the police". They then got back in and drove away. At this point, the station attendant comes out and says that he has video cameras and the tape and that he saw what happened and would do whatever he could to help. I called the police and all they cared about was "was anyone injured? No? Then we're not coming out. You can come here and file a police report if you want." They honestly didn't care about a hit-and-run with an uninsured driver who very likely had drugs on them. I filed a police report and got the damage looked at, and it was less than my deductible to repair, so I just ate it. Nothing ever happened with the police report. It also annoys me that this happened in my home town where the police absolutely love to sit at freeway exits where the service drive lane has a stop sign instead of a yield sign and write tickets all day for people rolling the stop signs, so I very much doubt that they have anything better to do, they just seem super lazy.

jliptzin 10y ago

In one instance I was driving on the freeway in some traffic in the right lane and suddenly a huge 18 wheeler truck behind me starts honking the horn, I had no idea why. I creep up as much as I could as there was another car in front of me. The truck driver proceeds to rear end me. The first time I thought it was an accident, then he keeps doing it over and over again until I am finally in the shoulder. When I'm out of his way he starts driving away, I follow him to get his tag # and call the police. He did some pretty significant damage to my car. When they arrive to file the report they tell me there's 'nothing they can do' because the plates were out of state. They said they would file the report anyway. About a year later I shop around for car insurance and discover that the police report somehow indicated that the collision was my fault. Luckily the insurance company took a look at the damage and saw I was rear ended and concluded it probably was not my fault and removed it from my record.

icebraining 10y ago
They don't give you the report to sign after typing it up? Sounds like a terrible system, not just a bad cop. I've filled police reports in three (European) countries and I've always had to sign my declarations.