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HIT AND RUN- PARKED CAR!!
I was in a parking lot today and hit the back of a car, which resulted in relatively little damage to the car, but a dent in the front part of my bumper. I was so shaken up I drove off, but I realized there was a lady behind me who saw me hit the car. I highly doubt she even had time to take down my license plate number, but I am getting really worried that something might happen...
Any thoughts?? I live in California, btw.
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If it were me in your shoes, I'd try to come clean about it.
It's just the right thing to do.
Even though there was little damage, put yourself in that car owner's place. Would you want someone to hit your car and they drive off, not even trying to square up later?
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I am definitely not trying to advise you to break the law, but you already did. If you turn yourself in now, or contact someone about it; I believe you WILL be charge with a hit and run.
It might be sort of a cowardly way to deal with it , but I think I might just leave it alone and see what happens.
I don't know , now that I read what I just said, maybe you SHOULD contact the owner or the authorities.
I am just relatively sure that you will now be charged with a hit and run...even if you come clean.
sorry this was not good advice.
I wish you the best of luck with this and I sympathize with your situation.
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This is the California Hit and Run Law with respect to property damage only:
(1) Locate and notify the owner or person in charge of that property of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle involved and, upon locating the driver of any other vehicle involved or the owner or person in charge of any damaged property, upon being requested, present his or her driver's license, and vehicle registration, to the other driver, property owner, or person in charge of that property. The information presented shall include the current residence address of the driver and of the registered owner. If the registered owner of an involved vehicle is present at the scene, he or she shall also, upon request, present his or her driver's license information, if available, or other valid identification to the other involved parties.
(2) Leave in a conspicuous place on the vehicle or other property damaged a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle involved and a statement of the circumstances thereof and shall without unnecessary delay notify the police department of the city wherein the collision occurred or, if the collision occurred in unincorporated territory, the local headquarters of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(b) Any person who parks a vehicle which, prior to the vehicle again being driven, becomes a runaway vehicle and is involved in an accident resulting in damage to any property, attended or unattended, shall comply with the requirements of this section relating to notification and reporting and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalties of this section for failure to comply with the requirements.
(c) Any person failing to comply with all the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
If nothing happened to the car and the person behind you didn't report it, you're good to go, but the law is the law. You should never flee from the scene. If she reports it then you'll have to face the consequences.
Good luck
L.C.
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