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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• 你的重點在於你是受害者。罪犯是誰，由警方負責確認。 -00zz7788- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 13:43:41

• 錯了不是.你要不起訴,沒人給你主動找罪犯.又不是命案 -滿地找牙- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:19:37

• LZ已經報案。但保險公司找LZ來確認罪犯顯然不和情理。 -00zz7788- ♂ (64 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:32:04

• 錯.報案不是起訴.起訴之前,保險公司按庭外調解原則,需要當事人提供證據 -滿地找牙- ♂ (173 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:48:52

• hit and run，肇事者通常是未知的，受害者大多是無法確認的。 -00zz7788- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:52:16

• 所以受害者通常無法從肇事者那裏得到賠償 -滿地找牙- ♂ (126 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 15:01:18

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

• 老哥,我不知道你經曆過的案子啥樣,我經曆的總結如下 -滿地找牙- ♂ (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

• 班頭說的對.警察報告裏可能有保險公司想要的東西 -滿地找牙- ♂ (85 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 16:15:47

• 早說過,你要盡可能聯係到你的證人,甚至哪怕給他提成 -滿地找牙- ♂ (352 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 14:27:14

• Hit and run是犯罪，這是警察的事。也不是你能做什麽的。 你可以問問警察。 -jin_yin_hua- ♂ (88 bytes) () 03/11/2011 postreply 17:33:20

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