Hit and Run
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On The Tree
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From: Copalis, Washington
Hit and Run So, I'm at the pharmacy to pick up Wifies meds and as I'm coming out of the store I see two people on scooters siting stopped and looking at a map.
This is pretty common as the Town is a tourist trap and right next to the Ocean.
Scooter rental is pretty common.
I stop next to my car for a moment as I noticed the Woman is having a hard time with her balance. Obviously the scooter is a handful for her.
The guy puts the map away and takes off and the Woman starts to follow but is still having trouble.....she starts to move and her left leg is still half walking as the scooter starts to move....she still is not balanced.
All of a sudden, WHAM!!!! Right into the back of a parked car.
Broken tail light on the car and broken headlight on the scooter.
The guy returns and they both get off and survey the damage and then look around a bit and both get back on the scooters and take off.
PIZZED ME OFF!!!
I grab my cell phone and call 911 and tell the operator what happened.
It wasn't a couple of minutes until the cops arrived and checked things out.
I gave them my info and took off across the street to the hardware store as the cop walked over to the scooter rental place to check out the license number I gave them....Yeah, I got the number of the scooter.
When I come out of the hardware store, here's the cop with a big grin.
"Hey, did you find them", I asked.
He indicated that it was no problem and that they did rent from the place he went to.
"Thing is", says the cop, "It was their own car they hit".
We both had a good laugh and the cop says, "no harm, no foul".
I guess it's OK to ride a scooter that has less then 60 cc's displacement without an endorsement in this State but I'm not sure that's a good idea.
DT
This is pretty common as the Town is a tourist trap and right next to the Ocean.
Scooter rental is pretty common.
I stop next to my car for a moment as I noticed the Woman is having a hard time with her balance. Obviously the scooter is a handful for her.
The guy puts the map away and takes off and the Woman starts to follow but is still having trouble.....she starts to move and her left leg is still half walking as the scooter starts to move....she still is not balanced.
All of a sudden, WHAM!!!! Right into the back of a parked car.
Broken tail light on the car and broken headlight on the scooter.
The guy returns and they both get off and survey the damage and then look around a bit and both get back on the scooters and take off.
PIZZED ME OFF!!!
I grab my cell phone and call 911 and tell the operator what happened.
It wasn't a couple of minutes until the cops arrived and checked things out.
I gave them my info and took off across the street to the hardware store as the cop walked over to the scooter rental place to check out the license number I gave them....Yeah, I got the number of the scooter.
When I come out of the hardware store, here's the cop with a big grin.
"Hey, did you find them", I asked.
He indicated that it was no problem and that they did rent from the place he went to.
"Thing is", says the cop, "It was their own car they hit".
We both had a good laugh and the cop says, "no harm, no foul".
I guess it's OK to ride a scooter that has less then 60 cc's displacement without an endorsement in this State but I'm not sure that's a good idea.
DT
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From: Redmond Washington
Scooters are great fun.
I raced dirt bikes for 5 decades now and the most fun I've had on bikes was during college when my roomates and I all had mopeds. If only we had filmed it and called it something like "Jack-***"
I raced dirt bikes for 5 decades now and the most fun I've had on bikes was during college when my roomates and I all had mopeds. If only we had filmed it and called it something like "Jack-***"
Haha that is hilarious. It's great that you took the initiative to actually report the hit and run. Seems like every single car I get someone take the liberty to "hit" and just ******* leave. Someone put the imprint of their licnese frame in the rear bumper of the wife's volvo. She didn't notice however I was following her a few days ago and noticed it.
Just ******* rude!
Just ******* rude!
Haha that is hilarious. It's great that you took the initiative to actually report the hit and run. Seems like every single car I get someone take the liberty to "hit" and just ******* leave. Someone put the imprint of their licnese frame in the rear bumper of the wife's volvo. She didn't notice however I was following her a few days ago and noticed it.
Just ******* rude!
Just ******* rude!
I have had a couple of vehichles hit. There is no way that the person didn't know they hit my car!!!
Do you think they had enough common decency to even leave a note!! NO ******* WAY!!! 
People in our society want to take no responsibility for there actions.
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From: Bellingham/Edmonds, WA
Some **** *** hit my Camaro in a parking lot on the rear bumper, just 3 weeks after I had gotten it repainted!! Cracked the paint and spidered that whole spot. No note or anything, ******* rude.
People are just rude period. 3 weeks ago someone hit the nose of our dragster while at the track while I was in the bathroom and nobody saw anything. Shattered the fiberglass nose and bent the metal framework for the nose. Just complete BS. Also 1 1/2 years ago, someone creamed the side of my truck in a parking lot and caused $5k in damage to the truck. No note are anything and you know they knew they hit it.
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On The Tree
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From: Copalis, Washington
Naw, nothing like that....The gal just couldn't get her balance. Reminded me of the movie American Graffitti where "Toad" was trying to ride a Cusman scooter and kinda crashed it at the drive in.
I agree with everyone here, people hit parked or unattended cars all the time and just take off. Really hacks me off.....
DT
I agree with everyone here, people hit parked or unattended cars all the time and just take off. Really hacks me off.....
DT
It happened to me on my car when it was parked at my house.
I look at all the cars on my street and see my blue paint is all over my neighbors silver car.
Long story short, they paid for my damages...
I look at all the cars on my street and see my blue paint is all over my neighbors silver car.
Long story short, they paid for my damages...