Has anyone dealt with a hit & run?

[OneGuy67]

FWIW - If you get hit near an RTD bus (and the other driver lies about the circumstances) you may be luckily enough to get their video if you know the nearest stop, time, bus #…..

That's because the bus has their own recording and storage devices. Can you imagine the storage requirements needed to keep the video feed on all the intersection cameras, just in the metro area?

[JoeRoss]

Going through a hit and run now. My car was parked. There was a witness who left a note on the car with description of the driver and plate number. Called the city where it was parked, they said nope, call this city. Called that city, they said nope call the state patrol. Called the state patrol, he said I have 2 options. 1. File a report online and turn it into MY insurance company...or...2. meet with me and he would file a report and try to get in touch with the driver. I chose option 2. He contacted the driver who admitted fault.

Dealing with his insurance company now. Won't go into what a cluster "F" that has been so far. Got their list of repair shops. Called and found out that you have to make an appointment (no surprise) to get an estimate. Just to get an estimate it is AT LEAST a month out. They had no idea when they would be able to take the car in to repair it.

Found a shop that will give you an estimate online, with pictures. Insurance agent said they can do it that way also. Am going to do both through the shop and through the insurance company. Willing to bet the numbers will not be the same? Have to wait and see how this all works out.


As far as selling a car, just did. Got a signed bill of sale with date and time. Went online to do the "release of liability" thing. Took the plates off years ago, threw them away. Car was not driven on the road for years, didn't keep it registered, and I didn't know the plate number. Called the DMV and got the plate number. Went back to the release of liability, put in all the numbers and it came back with "unable to validate the information provided" took a screen shot of that which has the date and time.
Seems you have to have a CURRANT registration to be able to do the release of liability.

[rondog]

What would be the purpose of recording for CDOT? Storage would be a waste of taxpayer funding. All traffic operations is chatged with is managing live traffic.

But, on another point, do you really want to live with the government recording your movement? Sounds like China...

What's the point of having cameras at intersections then, if they don't record anything? We supposed to believe there's people watching hundreds, maybe thousands of monitors 24x7, ready to call something in immediately?

[MarkCO]

Well, finally got an update last Friday. The other person's insurance called and said they are accepting liability on behalf of their insured. I sent in the pictures of the damage to them on Saturday, and confirmed today that they have everything they need to start an estimate. They said they will send me a check for the damage they can see, and if any additional repairs are needed, it would be paid directly to the shop that is working on it.

I am not sure what changed, but glad they are doing the right thing.

That is awesome. Buy a lotto ticket too.