drimportracing
03-21-2010, 02:56 AM
I was driving my Metro through the middle of town on the main road and watched as a car runs a red light to my right and in front of me . The car totally blew through the light and turns right. It is now directly in front of me. We both get in the left turn lane behind another car to turn onto a 4 lane median divided road.
Our light turns green, all three cars turn left onto the right most lane, the first car is doing 20mpg and I pull out to pass the two cars in front of me. Speed limit is 35mph. I'm doing 30-32. This is a two lane one way road that goes through a big development. The light runner drops in behind me fast and follows close, I signal to pass the front car and as I'm changing lanes the light runner tries to accelerate and squeeze in between me and the other car. Bad move.
There isn't enough room for both of us so the light runner hits the gas and hits the passenger side front fender, wheel and tire, running light and front bumper of my Metro with their drivers side rear fender and wheel. The light runner takes off and turns right into the developement, I follow.
The hit and runner (upgraded status from light runner) takes the next left and I follow, I'm not going fast as I've got the license plate number and I'm calling 911 and just poking along trying to feel if the damage is bad to my car. I come to a good place to pull over and give details to the 911 dispatcher. I get transferred to the police department dispatch and I'm telling the dispatcher what happened. I'm sitting in my car on the corner of an intersection with a road to my right. As I'm telling the dispatcher what happened I see the hit and runner :woot: back out of the driveway of the second house on my right and take off with the lights on long enough for me to confirm the plate number. Lights go off. I tell the dispatcher, they assure me that a patrol car is on its way. About a minute later the car comes back :eyebrow: and pulls into the driveway of the first house on my left. Lights are still off. :confused: A 20something woman gets out and walks back to the second house (on my right) goes inside for about 10 seconds, comes back outside with a man, she walks back to the car at the first house (on my right) , gets in, backs out and pulls back into the second house. I'm telling the dispatcher all this while it happens. I'm completely visible to the hit and run driver the whole time.
She gets out of her car and waves at me as she and the man are standing in the driveway.
The patrol car gets there seconds later and asks her who was driving the car. The woman tells the officer that the man was driving, the man doesn't say anything. The woman is hysterical and the officer says to the woman you've been drinking. She repeatedly tries to get the man to say he was driving. The man is trying to ask what is going on. He probably doesn't know she hit my car yet. There is the back and forth between the officer, man and woman. I just listen. The officers threatens to arrest them both and she finally admits to being the driver, she admits to hitting my car and driving off (man walks over to their car and looks at damage), she says she was scared and drove off, she says she got home, went inside and had two glasses of wine and that is why she spelled like alcohol (she was in house for 10 seconds...quick drinker :rolleyes:)
Even if she did have those two unlikely glasses of wine in 10 seconds I still saw here back out of the first house and pull into the driveway of the second house after her wine slam fest.
She gets arrested for misdemeanor DUI and misdemeanor hit and run. I go by the station after work (1AM) to turn in my statement. The Captain, who was the second patrol attending the call earlier tells me that most likely when her insurance pays for my damages and if she pleads guilty to the DUI they will drop the hit and run. I ask about the charge for running the light and he said he advised the first officer not to charge her for it. :(
She is in jail tonight, I have a dented fender, broken running light, scuffed and misaligned front bumper cover and my alignment is off more than before. I figure all damage including a new tire (it was new about a month ago anyway) should amount to about $700-$800 dollars in repairs. Her car has a dented rear fender and scuffed rear tire with metro makeup on it.
I can go by the police station Monday, pick up the accident report and get the damage appraised.
At least no one got hurt. It would have become a felony hit and run and I would be pretty sore. :p - Dale
Our light turns green, all three cars turn left onto the right most lane, the first car is doing 20mpg and I pull out to pass the two cars in front of me. Speed limit is 35mph. I'm doing 30-32. This is a two lane one way road that goes through a big development. The light runner drops in behind me fast and follows close, I signal to pass the front car and as I'm changing lanes the light runner tries to accelerate and squeeze in between me and the other car. Bad move.
There isn't enough room for both of us so the light runner hits the gas and hits the passenger side front fender, wheel and tire, running light and front bumper of my Metro with their drivers side rear fender and wheel. The light runner takes off and turns right into the developement, I follow.
The hit and runner (upgraded status from light runner) takes the next left and I follow, I'm not going fast as I've got the license plate number and I'm calling 911 and just poking along trying to feel if the damage is bad to my car. I come to a good place to pull over and give details to the 911 dispatcher. I get transferred to the police department dispatch and I'm telling the dispatcher what happened. I'm sitting in my car on the corner of an intersection with a road to my right. As I'm telling the dispatcher what happened I see the hit and runner :woot: back out of the driveway of the second house on my right and take off with the lights on long enough for me to confirm the plate number. Lights go off. I tell the dispatcher, they assure me that a patrol car is on its way. About a minute later the car comes back :eyebrow: and pulls into the driveway of the first house on my left. Lights are still off. :confused: A 20something woman gets out and walks back to the second house (on my right) goes inside for about 10 seconds, comes back outside with a man, she walks back to the car at the first house (on my right) , gets in, backs out and pulls back into the second house. I'm telling the dispatcher all this while it happens. I'm completely visible to the hit and run driver the whole time.
She gets out of her car and waves at me as she and the man are standing in the driveway.
The patrol car gets there seconds later and asks her who was driving the car. The woman tells the officer that the man was driving, the man doesn't say anything. The woman is hysterical and the officer says to the woman you've been drinking. She repeatedly tries to get the man to say he was driving. The man is trying to ask what is going on. He probably doesn't know she hit my car yet. There is the back and forth between the officer, man and woman. I just listen. The officers threatens to arrest them both and she finally admits to being the driver, she admits to hitting my car and driving off (man walks over to their car and looks at damage), she says she was scared and drove off, she says she got home, went inside and had two glasses of wine and that is why she spelled like alcohol (she was in house for 10 seconds...quick drinker :rolleyes:)
Even if she did have those two unlikely glasses of wine in 10 seconds I still saw here back out of the first house and pull into the driveway of the second house after her wine slam fest.
She gets arrested for misdemeanor DUI and misdemeanor hit and run. I go by the station after work (1AM) to turn in my statement. The Captain, who was the second patrol attending the call earlier tells me that most likely when her insurance pays for my damages and if she pleads guilty to the DUI they will drop the hit and run. I ask about the charge for running the light and he said he advised the first officer not to charge her for it. :(
She is in jail tonight, I have a dented fender, broken running light, scuffed and misaligned front bumper cover and my alignment is off more than before. I figure all damage including a new tire (it was new about a month ago anyway) should amount to about $700-$800 dollars in repairs. Her car has a dented rear fender and scuffed rear tire with metro makeup on it.
I can go by the police station Monday, pick up the accident report and get the damage appraised.
At least no one got hurt. It would have become a felony hit and run and I would be pretty sore. :p - Dale