Do you call the Police?

[SB076]

I was driving to get dinner the other night and noticed a car coming towards me (along a bend) travelling very quick. As soon as I saw the car I just thought there is no way he is going to make the corner at the speed so started moving left into the lane reserved for parked cars (thankfully it was Saturday night so no parked cars) Anyway as he got closer (ie 50m) he lost control and the back end started coming around I then swerved hard left to miss him (he was now in my lane) and missed him by millimeters. Anyway I stopped and turned around and saw his car still sitting there so thought I better see if he is ok (thankfully he was) but his car had spun 180° and mounted the gutter and knocked tyres off rims, bent rims and I suspect did damage to both the axle and suspension. Anyway I told him there we no way he was making that turn at the speed (it was a reasonably gentle sweeper but he was moving) He blamed the tyres and then I told him how close he was to hitting me (and writing off my car) and then he told me he wasnt insured. Anyway then some of his friends showed up, so I left him too it (he was a nice guy actually) But the question is when I told someone else they said I should have caled the police (I didnt) Just wondering what others think?

[FTe_XR8]

hmmm it would have depended on wat he was drivin...

[MotherNatureVer2]

I would have rung them ....... Its a vehicle related incident ..... they always react to them .............

[Redrum]

If I see someone driving like a maniac that endangers others on the road I call police. They don't always get them but occasionally they do. In Victoria all calls of this nature that go through to 000 are put through on the relevant police radio channel as KALOF's (Keep a look out for). If a police unit happens to be in the area they can possibly witness the driving and at least check the occupants.

[pb02]

I would have called the Police, it's one thing to have a bit of fun but when you start endagering other people it goes too far. Also it's obvious he hadn't learnt anything from his mistake as it wasn't stupid driving, it was the fault of his tyres...

That someone else you spoke to sounds like a smart and level headed person. :hihi: BTW I'll kick your ar*e at laser skirmish :dr_Evil:

[SB076]

There was a station about 1k away and the road is generally well policed. Initially I was angry (sat in the car for two minutes to compose my thoughts) then I thought better check to see if he was ok (he was) Then I must admit I felt incredibly relief, if he hit me it would have been very very messy - so I took off just thankfull that I was ok. As for the car it was a ricer

BTW No property damage - just a reasonable repair bill for him. Funny thing is if I braked I would have been hit too (back end swung around more until he finally did a 180° and put it over the gutter)

[5tumpy]

I wouldn't call the cops unless he was a dick about it... His comments about the tyres were probably out of shock, unless he was a total bogan, he's learnt his lesson, no one was hurt, no property was damaged, but that's just me.

[EA2BA]

If nothing was damaged but his car, the police could not care less really.

[Falcon_Phill]

Why call the cops.. if you misjudged a corner and did the same thing and he told on you, youd be here now making a thread about how this idiot called the cops on you. So i dont think so, no harm done to anybody but himself and his car.

[XRQTR]

Originally Posted by SB076

and then he told me he wasnt insured.

That comment right their says call the police, it's idiots like these that cause damage and then you are left to pick up the bill for any damage that is caused to your property by there stupidity.

You figured early that something might go wrong, what if it had been your wife/girlfriend/partner with your kids in the car and they hadn't realised something might happen and you had to go to the morgue to identify your 1 year olds body. What then??

[xr8man83]

i have called the fuzz on a couple of people i dont go out and go and dob in a dope but every now and then you come acroos the king of the wa nk ers and if they put you in the possition that you can see something going wrong you arnt dobbing you are doing someone a favour for stopping a acciedent or maby even saving a life there is having a bit of fun in your car and then there is just plain outrite stupidity

[Turbot]

Basically as EA2BA says if theres no personal injuries and no damage to other cars but his own theres not much they will do, except if you think he was under the influence of any drugs / alcohol but I'm sure if you got that impression you would have reported it.

Having said that I slipped on some gravel dumped by a truck round a corner on a road trail bike once and had to go to hospital, could not kick start the bike cause of gravel rash to the knee, ended up waiting on the side of the road for bout 30min waiting for a taxi to come by. Got to the hospital, cleaned up my knee and then a week later had police charge me for leaving the scene of an accident. Farrrk I could't leave the scene as my knee was ****** and no other persons or cars involved. Anyways I still got charged etc.

So the message is ANY physical injury to anyone including your self you gotta call em, even though the back of my license back then only said personal injury to others, it still counts. As for damage to personal car / bike they don't give a toss unless your gonna claim insurance.

But in your case not much you can / could have done, cept report him for reckless driving in which case they would have tested him for alcohol and check the car for road worthyness if all ok they'd have let him go any way.

So you did best and stopped checked on him and sussed out the scene but unless you saw a reason for his erratic driving best to just get his details, and smack the **** up side the ****in head.

P.S lost a work mate from a head on whilst he was doing the same on the left curb trying to avoid an oncomming drunk driver who was 3rd time convicted this was his forth but with his dad being a judge he kept getting let off.

[Ozfords]

We were called to a prang last night for a good looking ute went into a fence in the wet within a built up area. It happened early in the evening so the neighbours called the cops. Luckily a off duty cop was there as well watching what happened.

Because, the driver admitted to the crowd that he was being stupid and had a bit too much to drink, but before we arrived he was rescued by Mum and Dad and taken to their home. The off duty cop called us up and gave us the full low down and when we showed up we were told a story by Dad about a dog (that dog which gets around alot) running out and he lost it trying not to hit it.

Thanks to the crowd we got some interesting info about old mate and we blasted his story out of the water, obviously he collapsed gasping for air, blaming the airbag and we had the full story. Hopefully we will reinforce his learning that speeding in a ute on a wet road in a built up area is not the right thing to do.


Remember in NSW, Police take interest in prangs that satisfy at least one of the following criteria:

1 - One of the vehicles needs towing, needs towing not that the driver wants it towed.
2 - It is supected the other driver is drunk or is on drugs at the time of the accident.
3 - Someone failed to exchange particulars (an offence in NSW).
4 - Someone was injured in the accident. You have a 24 period to see a doctor to have a injury declared.

Otherwise it is a P5 accident and it is dealt with through the insurance company when there are any arguments at who is at fault.

[JC]

Yes, you should've called the police and given them details, and his rego - in fact you should still do that, if you have got the rego. All accidents need to be reported to police within 24 hours. I'll bet he didn't so your report should see him charged with something - a much cheaper lesson to learn than the one he would've learnt had he hit you.

[xe351]

i wouldnt call the cops, just damage to his car and massive damage to his ego, which is enough. people are too quick to call the cops

[5tumpy]

Originally Posted by JC

Yes, you should've called the police and given them details, and his rego - in fact you should still do that, if you have got the rego. All accidents need to be reported to police within 24 hours. I'll bet he didn't so your report should see him charged with something - a much cheaper lesson to learn than the one he would've learnt had he hit you.

Not in NSW they don't.... Oz fords is on the money... I got rear-ended last year, cops didn't wanna know about it unless those criteria were met...

[SB076]

Originally Posted by XRQTR

You figured early that something might go wrong, what if it had been your wife/girlfriend/partner with your kids in the car and they hadn't realised something might happen and you had to go to the morgue to identify your 1 year olds body. What then??

Thats a good comment, I actually had my fiance in the car with me at the time and she said that she would have just braked and sat there (and been hit) This happened Saturday night so more than 24hrs ago. I just hope he has learned something form it, if he has I would be happy

Ozfords - he wasnt drunk (that I could tell - nor injured) but his car would certainly need a tow.

He actually hit the gutter hard enough to go straight over it and ended up in a vacant block (fair effort considering he hit it on an angle and his car was lowered)

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by SB076

and missed him by millimeters. ...... But the question is when I told someone else they said I should have caled the police (I didnt) Just wondering what others think?

I would have called the police because it was only your driving which avoided the collision....if the lesson is not learned next time the city morgue might have to come out and collect the remains...I know which I'd prefer....

[[Tonko]]

that reminds me of an identical situation a few weeks ago,
This local kid, (notorious ********) had been getting away with crap like this for all of his 3 months of solo driving, He came around a blind sweeping bend and cut it, but he was sideways, at about 2 in the arvo, I was driving my Nan to the chemist, and he would have missed us by millimeters aswell, scared the shite out of both of us and i had to pull over to calm down,
Coppers didnt want to know about it, because there was no proof only my statement..
The next day his uninsured car was stolen and burnt out... I saw him at autobarn and he was telling me about it, all i could say is "good riddance" to him..
So hopefully Karma will get him...

[XR06T]

if his car was knackered and it is a well policed area then chances are he was picked up anyways..

me personally, i wouldn't have called them.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Falcon_Phill

Why call the cops.. if you misjudged a corner and did the same thing and he told on you, youd be here now making a thread about how this idiot called the cops on you. So i dont think so, no harm done to anybody but himself and his car.

He only misjudged the corner because of his excessive speed,what if the guy going the other way hadn't been switched on enough to see he wasn't going to make the corner.
What if there had been a kid on a bike, what if, what if.
Of course you call the cops and stupid will still be sitting there with the tyres of his rims and let him explain how everyone else can take the corner except him.

[GXL078]

I have had a fair bit to do with the cops lately, and in this case, as nobody was injured, they probabaly wouldn't take the matter further.
I was threatened on the road (and swerved at) by a reckless fool I knew through the car club and it was common knowledge that he didn't have a license but drove around anyway. Cops didn't wan't to go after him, they just took his details and said they would check if he had any vehicles registered in his name and let tell the Highway patrol to look out for him.
I have been in the foyer of the Police station and someone comes in to report a theft, say of a laptop. The cop on the desk goes "you need to call the Police assistance line, there is a phone over there (points), who's next?"

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by xe351

i wouldnt call the cops, just damage to his car and massive damage to his ego, which is enough. people are too quick to call the cops

How does anyone know if it’s actually his car?

[TUF_302]

Its the law to call the police if you are involved in an accident isnt it?

[Piotr]

Originally Posted by XRQTR

That comment right their says call the police, it's idiots like these that cause damage and then you are left to pick up the bill for any damage that is caused to your property by there stupidity.

You figured early that something might go wrong, what if it had been your wife/girlfriend/partner with your kids in the car and they hadn't realised something might happen and you had to go to the morgue to identify your 1 year olds body. What then??

Driving without insurance isn't a crime(Compulsary Third Party Medical is part of rego).

Personally I wouldn't call the cops. Hopefully he's learnt his lesson if he hasn't natural selection will take over.

[XRQTR]

Originally Posted by Piotr

Driving without insurance isn't a crime

I don't recall having said that it was. it:

[jaydee]

See the thread by OSIRIS in this section (the consequences of making a bad decision), thats why you call the Police.
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[MITCHAY]

If I called the cops for every dick example of driving I've seen, I'd forever be on the phone. There are many circumstances that they could have cause an accident too.

Fact of life is it happens all the time and there are no where near the resources to deal with them all. If there were no drugs, alcohol, damage to property, or injury then I doubt there is much that can be done.

They bent their car, if they haven't learned because of that I doubt anything else would help.

[savagE]

No real point in calling the police. The damage was done and he basically learned his lesson the hard way.

[james22]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

If I called the cops for every dick example of driving I've seen, I'd forever be on the phone. There are many circumstances that they could have cause an accident too.

Fact of life is it happens all the time and there are no where near the resources to deal with them all. If there were no drugs, alcohol, damage to property, or injury then I doubt there is much that can be done.

They bent their car, if they haven't learned because of that I doubt anything else would help.

Couldn't have said it better myself... :