swannymere
Active Member
A friends son's car was sideswiped by another car last Friday evening, he managed to get the other car's registration and the make; a 2013 Kia of some sort or other.
The other driver stopped for a pause and then drove away, my friends son phoned the police who told him it wasn't a police matter and he should phone his insurance company.
Obviously this stinks, why would somebody in a new car drive away from an accident? Drink driving springs to my mind, and why are the police not interested in hit and run's? I'm not blaming the police on the ground but obviously there's been a decision made at higher levels to downgrade this kind of offence in favour of other crimes.
The other driver stopped for a pause and then drove away, my friends son phoned the police who told him it wasn't a police matter and he should phone his insurance company.
Obviously this stinks, why would somebody in a new car drive away from an accident? Drink driving springs to my mind, and why are the police not interested in hit and run's? I'm not blaming the police on the ground but obviously there's been a decision made at higher levels to downgrade this kind of offence in favour of other crimes.