In a message dated 2/28/04 9:26:53 AM, jrunberg@MAC.COM writes:

<< Around here, the cops will not do anything if the accident is on private
property >>

I have heard this said many times before and I think it is an Urban Myth of
sorts.  After all, a person can be find by the cops for even littering on
private property.

Years ago, I witnessed a guy running his car back and forth along the side of
the car next to him in his effort to get out of a spot in a parking lot.  The
driver didn't know I was watching and when he got out to leave a note, my gut
told me something was queer, so I noted his license plate number.  After he
pulled out, I went to view the carnage.  The parked car was sideswiped but good
and, of course, the note was a just blank piece of paper.

I reported the information to security and by the time I got back to my
place, there were two state bulls waiting to interview me.  It seems the
hit-and-run artist was really on the run.

George