MOPED ARMY

See if you and your folks can work something out with the owner of the car you hit, and keep insurance and cops out of it... I don't know if you can do that, since it WAS hit and run, but you might try talking with the owner and see...

david

If this happened on private property (a retail business's parking lot?) .. then I don't think your drivers license will be affected at all.

(or .. not in the eyes of the law)

I believe this is a property damage case no different than if you were playing catch and threw a ball through a window.

It CAN affect her (or her dad's) insurance .. or .. you guys pay the damages.. in which case even the insurance shouldn't be affected.

Now you know to be more careful .. you will REALLY know it after you get done paying.

..... ouch ...

see my reply to fred's msg

Damn man! Ya hit a car and didn't stop to tell anyone?

Bad decision man! Not all is lost though! If it is your first accident, you may get off easy. Did you know you hit the car?

I know sometimes in those big vehicles, its real hard to see, and even harder to feel bumps and stuff.

Get a lawyer! May be $$, but he may be able to save ya!

Any NEVER drive someone else's car until your 21! It can get ya in a heap of crap.

Anybody who does a hit and run deserves what they get, whether they are mope members in good standing or not. My neighbour's wife crumpled my fender backing out of her driveway. Luckily it was one week BEFORE and not one week AFTER I had complete bodywork done on my car. When I asked my neighbour about it, she came running out saying, 'oh no, that happened last week!' so I knew she did it. An hour later, her husband came to my house and said that he checked the damage: blue paint on his grey car, grey paint on my blue fender in exactly the same spots and said they must have done it and offered to pay. I told him it was no big deal as I was getting a body job done anyway, but guilty denial isn't very neighbourly. "You've got three kids who play in the street and if someone in your family uses your back bumper as a sensing device, well, I don't have to tell you what could happen," I said. I think he got it.

So, I have little sympathy for someone who hits a vehicile, then selfishly worries about how this will affect his/her pedding and looks for advice on how to avoid the consequences.

Owning up is usually the best strategy. Take it like a man Garret. Phone the guy, apologize, offer to pay for his damage, put your best (guilty) face forward, and hope he's not too pissed. The cops could givce a rat's ass, they have better things to do, like Krispy Cremes.

Tell me about it! I had two hit and runs on my car after I had it painted. All in the same week, in the parking lot at the University I go to.

I reported it, but ended up paying for it myself.

Fess up man, and take it like a man. You'll feel better about it later. Trust me!

At least you won't have anyone hunting ya down then.

I scraped a guy's Saab in a parking lot once, found him and told him to get me an estimate and I'd take care of it. He got one for $500, said he thought it was too much, and would look for a cheaper one. I said whenever you want to get it done let me know. That was 2 years ago and still he hasn't called, but he knows he has a marker. Honesty pays; I'll never trust my neighbour again, esp. as we've lived on the same street for 18 years and she tried this.

I had forgot to mention that Wayne! My girlfried's mom had someone back into her a few days ago, and then tried to say it was not her fualt. There was no damage done to her mom's CRV, but the lady that backed into it really smashed up her car.

The insurance company told the lady that since it happened in the parking lot, that each company was responsible for their own customer.

Garrett will get nailed for running though!