Rear left side clipped, vehicle hit and run (insurance, truck, sports car)

[MJ7]

Yesterday on the freeway I was clipped in the rear, the left rear quarter panel will need to be replaced. After the truck clipped me in rush hour traffic I went to the shoulder thinking we would trade information and call the police, well...instead I look into the mirror to see a very young kid at the wheel texting, and instead of pulling into the shoulder, he just sped around me. He didn't go very far, in fact about 2 ft in front of me while trying to make his escape, rush hour actually helped me for once. I was able to take his license plate number and shoot a video of the truck.

I contacted my insurance company and they will be doing everything they can to contact the owner of the vehicle and go after them for the claim. This morning I went to the police station to file a hit and run report, I didn't wait at the scene for two reasons: 1, the fled and I followed to gather information and 2, I had to get somewhere on time.

Anyone have any similar experiences, an you share your thoughts about the process? There's no way in heck I'm going to pay a deductible, so let's catch this ahole.

[himain]

Good luck. Same thing just happened to me but he stayed. Hit my drivers whole side on purpose on my brand new 60k car. I went and filed a claim with his insurance and they denied it. I'm going after him in small claims court. POS

[MJ7]

Originally Posted by himain

Good luck. Same thing just happened to me but he stayed. Hit my drivers whole side on purpose on my brand new 60k car. I went and filed a claim with his insurance and they denied it. I'm going after him in small claims court. POS

WOW, I really hope you can get some sort of justice out of this. Did you contact the driver of the at fault vehicle? I wonder if he would rather press his own insurance company into picking up the tab instead of going to court and losing (waste of time and more money)?


Yup, my car is a 42k sports car, I guess it could always be worse off though - damage will need to replace left rear quarter panel and left rear underskirt, probably 2-2.5k I would estimate. The police said that the likelihood of them not having insurance is good (the insurance company and police are both going to pursue the owners), so in other words I will probably end up having to fork over 500 for the deductible, but the insurance company said because I'm not the at fault driver that my premium wouldn't go up much if any.

What I really want out of this is justice. If they aren't insured they need to be fined. If they hit and run they need to be fined. If they don't have a license they need to be fined and possible jail time needs to be considered. We can't just sit around and let aholes run around without consequences. I'll be a happy man if they catch this idiotic stain on society.

[johnfrisco]

Yeah I hope they get that jerk. My cars have been it so many times in shopping parking lots while I was shopping and not once did they leave a note.