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In December of 2015. I was stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, I apparently did not move forward quickly enough. The couple behind me immediately laid on their horn. I got so frazzeled that I had to restart my car (it has a manual transmission). Once I finally got going the couple chased me down for 2 or 3 miles honking at me and sometimes pulling up beside me to yell at me. They called the cops and reported a hit and run. There were no other cars around at this time and the cop did not witness any of this. The officer showed up at my home 2 hours after the incident, threatening to arrest me, with tickets for improper backing and leaving the scene of an accident that he had written an hour prior. On the tickets he stated that there was an accident and $3,000 in damage. ($1,000 to the other and $2,000 to my car) without ever even seeing my car. After the cop left I immediately called my insurance company and explained to them that I needed to file a claim fo
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I don't see where you were arreseted so none of that exists. I am willing to bet THE other side of the story is you rolled backwards with your manual transmission or put it in the wring gear, and then fled the scene, which is WHY they were following you and screaming at you, and you knew darn well this occured. Why? because anyone in thier right mind would have called 911 on thier cell phone or pulled over in a public place and sought help from the crazy people. The cop did't believe you because your story is likely not credible. That stated, you need to work with YOUR insurance carrier to make sure this is resolved and you dont get sued.
Answered on Sep 21st, 2016 at 1:50 PM
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