Got in a Hit and run

I was hit by a truck from the back the other day. The other driver just left after the accident. But the car behind him (my witness) saw it and recorded his plate number. I reported to police and my insurance.

Today I got a call from my insurance asking me if i knew how the witness got the car's plate number. My insurance told me that it is important because if the witness got the number at the accident spot, then it is creditable. But if the witness followed him and got the number in a parking lot, then it is not creditable, which means my insurance can't do anything because I have only liabilities. If I want to take the other car to court, I have to do it all by myself. 

I was like,  what a world!  Even if you got a witness, the criminal can still get away.  No wonder Simpson was not considered as guilty.  

Anybody had similar experience?  

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• 你的重点在于你是受害者。罪犯是谁，由警方负责确认。 -00zz7788- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 13:43:41

• 错了不是.你要不起诉,没人给你主动找罪犯.又不是命案 -满地找牙- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:19:37

• LZ已经报案。但保险公司找LZ来确认罪犯显然不和情理。 -00zz7788- ♂ (64 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:32:04

• 错.报案不是起诉.起诉之前,保险公司按庭外调解原则,需要当事人提供证据 -满地找牙- ♂ (173 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:48:52

• hit and run，肇事者通常是未知的，受害者大多是无法确认的。 -00zz7788- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:52:16

• 所以受害者通常无法从肇事者那里得到赔偿 -满地找牙- ♂ (126 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 15:01:18

• 还是看LZ的警察报告吧。 -00zz7788- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 15:06:30

• 老哥,我不知道你经历过的案子啥样,我经历的总结如下 -满地找牙- ♂ (384 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:58:06

• Well, since you have reported to the Police -biglow- ♂ (98 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:19:18

• 班头说的对.警察报告里可能有保险公司想要的东西 -满地找牙- ♂ (85 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 16:15:47

• 早说过,你要尽可能联系到你的证人,甚至哪怕给他提成 -满地找牙- ♂ (352 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:27:14

• Hit and run是犯罪，这是警察的事。也不是你能做什么的。 你可以问问警察。 -jin_yin_hua- ♂ (88 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 17:33:20

• 回复：Got in a Hit and run -zhuce- ♂ (225 bytes) () 03/12/2011 postreply 13:24:25