Get his license number and call the cops.  Not nice to drive off after an
accident.

Mike

On 2/27/04 7:51 PM, "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote:

> Today I took the kids to the DQ to have some ice cream.  Outside I can see
> my TriStar as clear as day.  It is parallel parked, slight rain / drizzle, a
> few degrees above freezing, typical late winter day for Quesnel.  Then I see
> a fellow, mid to late 40s, step into the Dodge Caravan that is parked in
> front of my TriStar.  He starts the van, backs up and wump!  My TriStar is
> now bouncing up and down.  I immediately get up and out of the DQ and start
> walking as towards my truck and the fellow starts driving away.  No damage
> to the TriStar as he hit the front bull bar square on... but he just took
> off like nothing happened - he didn't stop, he didn't care.  I could have
> ran after him and easily caught up to him in the very slow down town traffic
> (all four way stops) but I didn't.  Besides, what would I do with him once I
> stopped him... bad situation these days.
>
> What would you have done in my situation?
>
> David Marshall
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