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> The other driver was undocumented and he also preferred not to report. I don't live in the US, so I don't know - but is that common? To me, it sounds like a
by mikejb 8y ago
> The other driver was undocumented and he also preferred not to report.
I don't live in the US, so I don't know - but is that common? To me, it sounds like a significant accident, and I fail to understand why it wouldn't be reported.
- sgc 8y agoThe other driver was living in the US illegally, so he cut his losses to avoid the risk of deportation.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The other driver was living in the US illegally The article only says he was unlicensed; the upthread poster converted that to “undocumented”.
- sgc 8y agoSorry for perpetuating falsehood. Similar issue of legal repercussions, but in the larger context of the current political environment, worlds apart.
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe undocumented person may have not had insurance which would be one set of problems, or might have thought they would be at fault to some degree - being in an accident with someone injured would have involved police - both circumstances leading to contact with authorities could have led to deportation. It is not common to not have insurance but even in the case of people here legally, those without insurance commonly run from accidents because of the penalties for not having insurance. There is also the case of people with insurance but having a lot of driving penalty points (for speeding/running stop signs or lights) running or attempting to pay cash to avoid involving insurance because they have very expensive insurance due to driving history and do not want to get forced into an even higher insurance bracket.
- mikejb 8y agoThat makes a lot of sense, thanks for the explanation!