I was the good Samaritan before...
I didn't leave a note, I waited (not long) for the owner to get out of the store, then give the owner the tag# of the ******* biatch that messed his new truck up.

 

In CA it's considered a hit and run if you do not leave evidence if trying to contact the proprty owner. This is where the police could come in and help, but you don't want a ticket.

If I were you I would go back to the scene and leave your contact information in an envelope attached to the fence. Or simply go into the business and tell them during normal business hours.

I have been involved in hundreds of hit and run accidents and for the most part, they go unsolved. But there are a few that are solved, and those people get hammered on their insurance rates. As they should.

It seems "reasonable" to go back the first business day and make contact. You can still make an insurance claim even without the police report, that way they would pay for the damageto your car and your damage to their fence.

 

Well, I've never had it happen to me, but I'd like to think I'd do the right thing and contact the business owner. Let's hope I never have to find out!

 

Your lucky, could have been much worse!

 

sorry to see that bud but i can relate. few years back i was coming home early in the morning from a party i had been at the night before. Running on very little sleep i ran my whole car off the road and woke up to the air bag pounding me in the face. Car ended up about 100yds out in the middle of a hay field.

 

My comments were based on the fact that almost everyone said they'd feel awful and make sure they'd do something about that fence.
Yeah right, I'm buying this one...

I don't care to know who's full of schit or not, it's not where it's at, but the OP gets pounded when none of us can prove that we'd do the right thing.

I'll be sincere enough to say that I would be a lot more willing to fix someone's private car than some corporate fence, in the events of my screw ups.

 

The real lesson of the story is that a 3 dollar energy drink is WAY less expensive than body repairs. Anytime i feel tired while driving, i stop at the next gas station and pound a few monster energy drinks and hit the road.

 

+1 on this. Its easy to say to go back and take care of the damages, but harder if it was actually you that it happened too.

I nailed a guardrail once that had to be partially replaced, you can bet I didn't go back and leave a note for the city. someones car or personal property, I think, and hope I would be different.

 

Actually I can back up my position. A few years ago, during the winter, my daily driver slid on some black ice and a similar incident occurred. Being it was my daily driver, I could have walked away and not worried about fixing anything, including my vehicle. After all I could drive it, and most of the damage was property damage. I didn't go that route though, and stepped up to do what was right.

My 17-year old had an incident where he was playing around a little over a year ago (and ultimately learned a lesson). He ended up in someone's front yard late at night. I made sure he went back and talked to the property owner. He ended up spending a Saturday working, and fixed the damage he caused to the man's yard.

Crap like this is what raises insurance rates for the rest of us.

 

I don't think so.
Most people don't claim stuff like that because it doesn't cover the deductible.

And screw Insurance cies, we get rapped by them most of the time.
For example, since when it's fair to put aftermarket or used parts on our cars anyway??
Especially when you're not at fault.
I could go on and on...

But you have the right attitude none the less, sir.