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OceanAvenue187 OP t1_ixfgunc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Got rear ended this morning 9am with car full of kids, driver fled the scene, but cops gave ME a hard time. by OceanAvenue187

The cops have explained this to me, but as a mother, am I really supposed to wait on a busy street and hope no one hits us again…?

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[deleted] t1_ixfhfia wrote

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iamgamerman t1_ixfuwah wrote

This is absolutely not true. You are the type of person parking it in the middle of the road and causing dangerous traffic trying to navigate around you. You can 100% pull your car to the side of the road or a parking lot. And absolutely do not get out to stand in the middle of the road, pull over to a safe location. I see this all the time and in NJ and it is both bewildering and infuriating.

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LinguineLegs t1_ixh2rgp wrote

Was never like this back in the day either. Some idiot cop probably scolded someone for pulling to the side of the road in the early 2000’s, this person then probably began spreading this misinformation as law, then internet word of mouth did internet things and here we are…

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OceanAvenue187 OP t1_ixfhnfe wrote

Next time I definitely won’t move my vehicle. But I moved it today only because the woman who hit me fled the scene and I wanted to get off the busy road. But I see now that was the wrong thing to do.

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Katyann623 t1_ixfhzyd wrote

I’ve seen my fair share of ridiculous police tickets. I had a friend in college get a ticket for fleeing the scene after she returned to the scene of an accident she WITNESSED. She was in front of the car that crashed and saw it in her rear view mirror. She in no way caused the accident or was involved and still had to pay the fine for fleeing the scene.

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LinguineLegs t1_ixh2xei wrote

No, definitely move your vehicle, just don’t drive a mile down the road. Get front and back dash cams.

People also confuse a police report as proof for insurance. Even if the police report says you are 100% absolved of fault, the insurance companies very well likely will side differently.

Dash cams are irrefutable proof.

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LinguineLegs t1_ixfod98 wrote

No, no you’re not. Don’t listen to all the false information in this thread. Bunch of know nothing, no it all’s.

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