I would think if it was unable to be taken as an accident report because it was on private property, it would then become a criminal charge for damaging private property.

ck

 

You would have to prove intent before it would be a criminal charge. Don't think her intent was to damage any property.

 

You have it pretty good in VA. In PA. we go to accidents on private property IF the damage is severe or if there is bodily injury. Evidentally, this girl did a substantial amount of damage to her vehicle and several others. Private property or not, she should be cited for driving without a license and for the damage she caused to the other vehicles.

 

it doesnt matter if the intent was there or not. it happened. she should be cited

 

Do get me wrong man, I hate pushing pencils as much as the next guy and true, you don't work for the insurance company...but you do work for the "blue hair"; aka the tax payer (unless your local PD is sponsored by Pepsi). That's why we (I assume you're an officer, but you haven't said either way) are call civil servants. We serve the tax payers who make it possible that we have direct deposit. That blue hair is a taxpayer and she is deserving of due process. A police report in these circumstances is the first part of that process. Granted, the rules and regs are different everywhere and I can see how six pages for a fender bender would be frustrating.

 

Turn it into your insurance company and let them handle it. They will do everything to get there money back but no matter what happens you get your truck fixed.

vanman250

 

look for a truck bed conversion company...they usually get deals on trucks with regular beds on them and sell them reasonably...

good luck!

 

problem with those conversion companies is that they usually buy the 8 ft bed trucks so they can maximize cargo box space


edit: whoops, forgot OP had the 8 ft bed

 

Have no problem writing reports, working for the blue hair, being a civil servant, serving the tax payers . I have been a cop for 14 years, lead instructor in our police academy for crash investigation and supervisor in charge of our crash reconstruction team (work all fatal or serious injury crashes). I love working traffic crashes! This topic is a pet peeve of mine because it is frequently argued. In all states the police are governed by state law and department policy. If a particular crash scenario does not meet the minimum reporting requirement then we do not take a report! Therefore, there is no reason to complain on the cop for doing his job (one of your posts suggested this). You got to draw a line somewhere. The police can not write up a report for every service call they run.

It drives me nuts when people try to tell the police how to do there job: "my insurance requires a report", "my tax dollars pay your salary" (here is a penny to take care of your share of my salary & benefits for a year and you can keep the change). Nobody runs up to a firefighter while he is spraying water on a fire, or to a paramedic while he is doing cpr to tell them that they are doing it all wrong.

 

total loss on 2 cars and several thousand dollars in repairs on a third doesnt meet your minimum reporting requirement?

 

Not if it happen on private property! Someone could be killed in a crash on private property and a "crash report" is not required by VA state law. A report of some kind would likely be made out, but not a crash report.

 

If you want to knock somebody off in VA all you have to do put them in a car and and smash into it on private property. It sounds like nobody will care as long as it was private property. The big question is does it have to be your property, if not you don't even have to clean up the dead body is now the owners problem.

vanman250