Yahoo Autos Do I Have To Admit Hitting A Parked Car: Question Of The Day
The consequences to not reporting an accident could become dire if drivers are not aware of local laws.
Question: I hit a parked car in the school parking lot! Even though there wasn’t any visible damage, I left a note on their windshield. What should I do next?
Answer: So you’ve hit a parked car. No one is hurt, though you may have bruised ego. What should you do if, unlike in this stressed-out student’s example, there is some visible damage?
“Call the police,” said Officer Martin Dunn of the Orangetown Police Department in Orangetown, NY.
Whether or not you are on the street or in a parking lot, said Dunn, “call the police.”
What if there’s not a lot of damage? “Call the police.”
Officer Dunn’s point is a good one. But aside from calling the police and reporting the accident, what else should you do?
