The trouble with driving
*Was driving in Downtown.
*Got hit by a taxi cab while I was stopped at a red light.
*The taxi driver looked at me and then took off.
*I chased him caught him at a red light
*Boyfriend got out and tried to talk to him.
*Taxi driver took off when light turned green.
*I chased taxi driver again.
*Caught him at another red light.
*Got out and tried to talk to him again.
*The two people paying for fare in the taxi got out.
*"We have nothing to do with this, we saw nothing" was their response.
*Taxi driver took off again.
*Got Taxi drivers license and cab number as well as cab company.
*Called cops. Told the cops of the exact location of the cab and which way he was driving.
*Waited for the cops who said they would come meet us.
*Flagged 4 cop cars while waiting....only 1 stopped.
*The cop car that stopped said they had no record of our call.
*They called for another responder to come talk to us and left.
*Finally talked to the cops after waiting 1 hour and 15 min on the side of the road.
*Cops took a report in 20 min. They asked me for ALL OF MY INFORMATION as well as my statement.
*Final response from cops, "There will be an investigation...by the state patrol"
Why would the state patrol investigate if it happened in the middle of DOWNTOWN SEATTLE?!?! That's SPD's jurisdiction.
SOOOO...final lesson...nothing will happen to the cab driver. His word against mine. He'll probably buff out his bumper and deny EVERTHING and that is all.
What really pisses me off if that I had to wait over an hour for the cops to show up...I tried to flag 3 other cop cars down and they looked at me and passed my by....if the one out of four cops didn't call someone out...no one would have ever shown up....and in order for a cop to come out...I better be bloody and dead on the street...because that way I block traffic and there will be a bunch of people calling the cops to remove my mangled carcass.
*Got hit by a taxi cab while I was stopped at a red light.
*The taxi driver looked at me and then took off.
*I chased him caught him at a red light
*Boyfriend got out and tried to talk to him.
*Taxi driver took off when light turned green.
*I chased taxi driver again.
*Caught him at another red light.
*Got out and tried to talk to him again.
*The two people paying for fare in the taxi got out.
*"We have nothing to do with this, we saw nothing" was their response.
*Taxi driver took off again.
*Got Taxi drivers license and cab number as well as cab company.
*Called cops. Told the cops of the exact location of the cab and which way he was driving.
*Waited for the cops who said they would come meet us.
*Flagged 4 cop cars while waiting....only 1 stopped.
*The cop car that stopped said they had no record of our call.
*They called for another responder to come talk to us and left.
*Finally talked to the cops after waiting 1 hour and 15 min on the side of the road.
*Cops took a report in 20 min. They asked me for ALL OF MY INFORMATION as well as my statement.
*Final response from cops, "There will be an investigation...by the state patrol"
Why would the state patrol investigate if it happened in the middle of DOWNTOWN SEATTLE?!?! That's SPD's jurisdiction.
SOOOO...final lesson...nothing will happen to the cab driver. His word against mine. He'll probably buff out his bumper and deny EVERTHING and that is all.
What really pisses me off if that I had to wait over an hour for the cops to show up...I tried to flag 3 other cop cars down and they looked at me and passed my by....if the one out of four cops didn't call someone out...no one would have ever shown up....and in order for a cop to come out...I better be bloody and dead on the street...because that way I block traffic and there will be a bunch of people calling the cops to remove my mangled carcass.