What is the name of your state? Illinois
Last saturday, my fiance and I were sideswiped in the evening on a busy freeway. My drivers-side mirror was crushed and my car had minor dents about 4 feet long on the driver''s side of our car.
The driver who hit us attempted to flee zig-zagging through traffic moving all the way to the fast lane. I followed him honking my horn. After a few hundred yards, he cut back across the freeway attempting to hastily escape at the next exit. I was still able to stay on him never allowing his car to leave our sight.
After exiting, the driver stopped at the next intersection resting in the turn lane due to a red light. We pulled behind him and my girl captured his license plate number. Seeing us in the rear-view mirror, he ran a red light to get away. We had the license plate, so we let him go not wanting to press our luck with someone obviously comfortable with breaking the law. We also didn't feel like running a red light. Immediately we pulled over and dialed 911 giving all the details but were told we'd have to file a report in person.
After filing the report today (two days later) I got a call from a state trooper reportedly at the home of the offending car's owner. Every detail I gave of the vehicle turned out to be accurate. According to the trooper there was no damage whatsoever to this person's car (Jeep Cherokee). The trooper told me that since there was no sign of damage to the other car, it was impossible that it hit my car and he refused to file any complaint. I was stunned!!!
My car is black and his car has large black bumpers which hit my car leaving black on black marks on the car, though hard to see since they are both black. The officer confirmed the car had black rubber bumpers, but refused to file a case.
So, this guy can hit my car and flee the scene and if he doesn't have readily visible damage to his car, it's just my word against his???
What are my options? This is unbelievable and I'm fuming!!!
Last saturday, my fiance and I were sideswiped in the evening on a busy freeway. My drivers-side mirror was crushed and my car had minor dents about 4 feet long on the driver''s side of our car.
The driver who hit us attempted to flee zig-zagging through traffic moving all the way to the fast lane. I followed him honking my horn. After a few hundred yards, he cut back across the freeway attempting to hastily escape at the next exit. I was still able to stay on him never allowing his car to leave our sight.After exiting, the driver stopped at the next intersection resting in the turn lane due to a red light. We pulled behind him and my girl captured his license plate number. Seeing us in the rear-view mirror, he ran a red light to get away. We had the license plate, so we let him go not wanting to press our luck with someone obviously comfortable with breaking the law. We also didn't feel like running a red light. Immediately we pulled over and dialed 911 giving all the details but were told we'd have to file a report in person.
After filing the report today (two days later) I got a call from a state trooper reportedly at the home of the offending car's owner. Every detail I gave of the vehicle turned out to be accurate. According to the trooper there was no damage whatsoever to this person's car (Jeep Cherokee). The trooper told me that since there was no sign of damage to the other car, it was impossible that it hit my car and he refused to file any complaint.
I was stunned!!!My car is black and his car has large black bumpers which hit my car leaving black on black marks on the car, though hard to see since they are both black. The officer confirmed the car had black rubber bumpers, but refused to file a case.
So, this guy can hit my car and flee the scene and if he doesn't have readily visible damage to his car, it's just my word against his???
What are my options? This is unbelievable and I'm fuming!!!
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