WTF! My gf was just in fender bender caused by some kid

and she was given a breathalyzer test. Some kid and the mother hit my gf car and the police arrived to give a breathalyzer to my gf.

This was in a snooty suburb where my gf was doing a gardening gig. She had a friend helping her. The cop didn't even talk to the kid about the accident.

:wtf:

edit for typos.

It might make for an interesting news report for your local TV station.

Her friend is also and African-American man.

The cop kept saying she could smell alcohol on my g/f's breath. She had just finished gardening for four hours in the sun.

unless, she has something weird going on with her liver.

the cop (a woman) said after the test "I guess you weren't lying."

a lawsuit in the making, at the very least she can demand a public apology. good luck to you both.

She was pretty shaken up. I said she should have asked for the cops badge number, but I think she was too shaken to think of that.

she probably does need a drink now ;)

She is getting a bottle of 3-buck Chuck now, though.

if a cop comes to a scene then it was public property and she has to justify her time . . .

have a quiet evening and enjoy the wine. :grouphug:

And I'm sure she's enjoying the wine right now!

My insurance co was enormously helpful, even though I didn't file a claim. The insurance co of the asshole who hit me was also quite helpful, believe it or not! But she does need to be proactive (god I hate that word) to make sure she doesn't get sued.

then a report isnt filed. At least thats the case in California.

One of the things that always comes up during big snowfalls is that emergency rules for reports are in affect and those involved in a n accident shouldn't wait for the cop but rather drive to the nearest police station to file.

Still need to file a report if there's any injury, no matter how slight (bruising, cuts from the airbag, etc), and the insurance company rep will probably file a report for her.

Haele

The asshole who hit ms said there was no report. I went to the police station with my incident report number and there WAS a report - saying she was at fault. Please have her check!

I'll have her check into it.

After my accident, my husband called the officer to make sure there'd be a report (and to find out why she wasn't issued a ticket - because my injuries didn't require an ambulance!!).

Once it's been entered into dispatch blog it's public property.

Is the best way...Get hit, call the cops..

Hang up,

Call the number on the back of the card

She's already done with it. They barely had a scratch and we've got a dent.

who practiced law out of his home in a snooty suburb. Abusive shitheel cop pulls me over and threatened to confiscate my car because of an outstanding ticket. Checked, and ticket had been paid two months before. Three weeks later another shitheel cop pulls me over and CONFISCATES my car on the same grounds and writes me ANOTHER ticket, supposedly for driving without a valid license of the basis of the previously paid ticket. Two months w/no car and $800 in storage fees for the car (which I had to borrow) later I go to court. I explain to the prosecutor what happened and she says "let me check with the court clerk." I hear the court clerk say "there's nothing on this guy - his ticket was paid months ago." Prosecutor apologized and immediately gave me the forms I needed to file to straighten everything out and clear my record.

For the record I am a 50+ male who does not look like a hippie/punk type.

My real offense? Driving a somewhat rusty 13 year old car in the snooty suburb. There is no life form lower than suburban cops. :grr:

with some rust and a couple of dings.

Even if hadn't recently been hit by an asshole, shed still have my sympathy, but having just gone through all that - 35 days of my car in the shop and $9K in damage done to it (which I didn't have to pay, thanks be) - I really know how maddening it is to have your life endangered, your car damaged and life disrupted by someone too fucking stupid to pay attention and then act like somehow you should have been driving a flying car or something. That sucks. I hope she's okay, her car is easily fixed, and that the other driver's insurance goes WAY up.

and everyone's ok. I think the suburban mom prolly called the cops because we had an older car and my g/f's passenger was an African-American man with tats.

I'm glad everyone is okay. She still needs to file a claim against the driver. Bad driving needs consequences.

(In CA, police have to be called for accidents on public streets where damage is more than $500, I think - could be $1,000 - either way, you can't always tell by looking, even if it is an older car)

I once was hit by a red-light runner. Totalled my car. Turns out he was driving without a license and had several DUIs. Hence, no license. I still had to pay all the shit, because he was driving his friend's truck.

I drive a small sports car. If I hadn't waited that extra moment at the light, she would've gone through my passenger door and onto my lap. All my extra airbags can't stop a heavy Northstar engine going 45. As it was, she took out my suspension, quarter panel, bumper, headlight, and turned my alloy rim into an oval.

I live out in that area and that sounds like the kind of shit the keystone cops do around here.

I'm glad to hear your GF is safe and her car is relatively undamaged.

What a bunch of assholes. I think that it was Wayzata was one of the reasons the prosecutor threw everything out of court.

And they all come to our neighborhood on the weekends to get fucked up, dontcha know. ;)

Just sayin'. ;)

They're like human rats. ;)