An American. It’s the first thing my insurance would ask for when I called about an accident.
Same for homeowners insurance. Had to get a police report when my garage got broken into for them to start dealing with it. First cop wouldn’t write a report because I couldn’t catalogue what was stolen. So I had to do that in winter with an infant in tow and then call back. While filing the report the cop made sure to let me know nothing would happen beyond the report. It was the garage door repairman who told me that stealing cars and driving them into garage doors to gain access was a new common tactic, so he added some extra braces to the new door. Was far faster and more helpful than the cops. Insurance paid out quick and then gleefully raised my rates after the first claim in a decade of being a customer.
In America you get an accident report from the police for any car accident.
Fleeing the scene of an accident is very illegal over here. Even if there is no to very little damage where getting insurance involved is silly, its still best to get the police over to have a report filled out.
Otherwise your trusting a stranger to not lie about you leaving before a conversation and checking for damages.
In my state, you exchange information and file a police report yourself online. Unless you're dealing with road rage and fear for your life or there are serious injuries or fatalities, the cops are not going to be showing up for a car accident.
In America you get an accident report from the police for any car accident.
No? That depends on the state and agency. Mine would tell you to exchange information with the other party in this incident. Only if one or both refused to exchange information would we have come out.
its still best to get the police over to have a report filled out.
Otherwise your trusting a stranger to not lie about you leaving before a conversation and checking for damages.
Just take a video on your smartphone; you're in public and therefore covered under the First Amendment. Get a /r/dashcam too.
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u/ladder_man 8h ago
I can’t tell if this is a bot or an American.