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i hit a car in the parking lot!!!
i got my license in the beggining of june, im a really good driver too. anyways, today i was driving into a parking lot and i hit the persons truck on my right! not much damage to his car but a scratch with a dent, my moms car unfortunetly was damage in the front right headlight. i was freaking out. i was with my friend and sister. my first reaction was to see if i should inside the store and tell someone or drive off. there were quite a few people around, and im not quite sure if they got my moms license plates numbers. i drive her car sometimes and im not registered under her insurance. i drove off and went to my friends house. i seriously felt guilty and called my mom and told her after an hour it happend. she told me i should have stayed there till they came out and gave them my license or i should have went inside the store and asked people. what was i suppose to do this was my first accident.. so many people have told me not to worry about it cause its in private property. and that most likely noone wrote the plates down. i told my mom everything and about the damages. but im so scared.. what will happen to me or my mom if the police were contacted?
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You already know you shouldn't have left. The
law is that you should make a reasonable attempt
to find the owner of the vehicle. If that fails
you should leave a note.
Here is what it says on the findlaw website.
"If a driver collides with an unattended vehicle or other stationary property, most states mandate that he or she make a reasonable effort to identify the property owner and alert them as to what happened by, for example:
* Taking down the vehicle's license number if a parked car is damaged, or
* Leaving a written notice at the scene (with the driver's identifying information) if other property is damaged."
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You made a big mistake by leaving the store and not waiting or going in and asking if anyone owns '(this car color, this car brand, ect.)' I'm HOPING that nobody saw it because it would suck if you had to go to court and pay fees and all of that. My only advice is to, if it happens next time, do not leave. It's like a 50/50 thing, but since it was private property, I don't think anyone may have payed attention to it.
Hope I helped.
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If your plates were taken, you could get into trouble. Not because you accidently hit a car, but because you left the scene of an accident. There's not much you can do now. Your punishment may be different & you could possibly go to court. I'm not trying to freak you out or anything. They most likely do not have your license plate number unless there is cameras installed for the parking lot. If you feel completely guilty, you could go back to the store & talk to a manager, explaining what happened & if anything was reported. Most likely the other driver saw his/her car & called the police at the store. Next time you're in a situation like this, do not leave. You should have stayed there & waited for the other driver or left your license plate number & phone number on a piece of paper & stuck it in the windshield wiper or something, if you were going to be late somewhere that is. Try not worrying about it too much though. Just tell the truth if questioned.
-hope that helped!♥
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