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Expensive_Forever_56 t1_iwuu0xw wrote

Was rear ended. Dude gave me all fake info! Everything was fake smh.

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DeadSwaggerStorage t1_iwuzoux wrote

I got rear ended also; cops showed up took all the info and it turned out everything this fuck gave was fake, I was fucking livid, cops said they couldn’t do shit. YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES WERE ON SITE. FUCK THE PHILLY PD. GET FUCKED, PAY FOR MY REAR BUMPER!

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ElectricalMud2850 t1_iwv5gb8 wrote

Did they not look the person up to see if their license was suspended or anything? how the fuck

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DavidLieberMintz t1_iww0leu wrote

>Did they -

Let me stop you there. It's the PPD. They didn't do shit. Now watch as some bootlicking troll tells me I'm the reason cops don't want to do their jobs lmao.

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SonnyBlackandRed t1_iwv71zn wrote

I got rear-ended and cops never showed. The guy that hit me walked away, never gave any information...Still dealing with that through insurance.

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eats_the_tacos t1_iwvuwyt wrote

Same happened to me. My basically new car was totaled by a guy with temp tags from Delaware—and of course, no insurance. Cops never showed up. Ambulance driver laughed when I asked if we should wait for the cops to show and make a report.

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baldude69 t1_iwv5m4j wrote

Sorry this happened - quick tip to everyone: get a photo of the VIN, usually visible on the dash of the car right by the inspection stickers. Way more foolproof than license plates

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Son_of_Anak t1_iwvd653 wrote

The vin was unregistered

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AbsentEmpire OP t1_iwvngab wrote

It's unreal how shit and lackadaisical the PPD are about enforcing anything to do with the vehicle code.

It's also crazy that the laws in the books for it are so lenient, driving is not a right, there should be zero tolerance for driving unregistered cars.

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Bisexual_Republican t1_iwwa8ny wrote

Better yet, call the police, Lying to an officer provides a stiffer penalty and therefore gives you extra protection. While also doing all that OP said as well. Cover all tracks.

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foulrot t1_iwwfc79 wrote

PPD won't dispatch to traffic accidents unless someone is hurt, even then it's a greater than 50% chance they still don't show.

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Disarray215 t1_iwxz3p6 wrote

Just had this happen to me. A box truck sideswiped me and totaled my car. I hit a fireplug, luckily it didn’t go off. Maybe they would’ve come if it did. Lol

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baldude69 t1_iwwi6b8 wrote

Unfortunately the cops don’t respond to traffic accidents unless they’re really bad

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forgottentaco420 t1_iwvlmfd wrote

This happened to me too, two summers ago. Except my car was completely totaled and I had a concussion and neck injury. 18 year old boy with a car full of friends ran a red light on market street going 50mph and t-boned my car that I had JUST bought. My partner came and took all his information, the police came two hours later. He called me two days after (my mom helped submit the claim for me because I was concussed and I guess it got back to him) and told me that he doesn’t actually have insurance anymore and threatened me if I took him to court it would be “pretty bad” for me. People are actually real pieces of shit.

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justanawkwardguy t1_iwvux7m wrote

I hope you went ahead and took him to court

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forgottentaco420 t1_iwvv7fo wrote

I did not 😔 I wasn’t sure it would be worth taking an unemployed kid to court or if I’d actually get anything out of it.

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Fattom23 t1_ix0pvux wrote

That's true for injuries (which the OP's coverage would have covered through the first-party medical benefits first). PA doesn't have uninsured Property Damage coverage; that would go through the OP's Collision coverage (with a deductible, of course).

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justanawkwardguy t1_iwvw15k wrote

I’m not sure if you’d actually get anything, but it would teach the little shit to be more responsible and not try to intimidate people after he makes mistakes

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forgottentaco420 t1_iwxw6by wrote

Where this is true, I was in a very bad place financially at the time of the accident because my hours got cut at work, I lost my car and three weeks of work so I didn’t have the money to take a kid to court to teach them a lesson. In a perfect world, trust me I would have.

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Expensive_Forever_56 t1_iwv7uh9 wrote

Dudes car went right into the spare tire carrier on my Jeep, was totaled immediately so serves him right.

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Fattom23 t1_ix0pkok wrote

If it's possible, you should try to start the insurance claim with the other guy's insurance at the scene. That way, the carrier will tell you if the policy number is fake, at least.

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