From the police perspective there has to be burden of proof.. so you must at least have the description and license plate # for them to do anything. One time a 18 wheeler clipped my mirror, I voice recorded the plate number and the company the truck was with.. I recited the number to the dispatcher (it was on highway so RCMP).. the person was nice enough to verify the number.
RCMP is not going to send a squad car to hunt down a hit and run driver unless someone ends up at the hospital.
I also forwarded the video to the company, the company got the employee to admit fault.
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Originally Posted by IMASA
Seems like if as long as no one got hurt, then there are no real repercussions from leaving the scene of the accident. If you get caught, just pay what you owe and carry on.
I phoned the police non-emergency line since the ICBC site for hit and runs said I should. The person taking the call wasn't interested in taking my info, until I told them I had a car description and plate #. They gave me a case #, and a few hours later, the VPD called back, told me to go thru ICBC and that they weren't going to do anything with the case.
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