Half Baked
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This is unbelievable.
Mr HB was sideswiped by a tractor trailer on his way home yesterday, on the Atlanta beltway. His tire was slashed and the back right side of the vehicle was all dented in. The truck and Mr HB pulled over on the side of the road, right before an exit, and Mr HB was talking to 911 when the truck took off up the exit ramp.
He was able to give the name of the truck and the license plate number to the operator. So the police show up and Mr HB asked if they had tracked down the driver yet. The police say...oh, wait for this !!!
The police say there is no way to track the tractor trailer because the license plate is for the trailer, not the actual truck. They asked Mr HB if he had gotten the number of the truck on the front license plate and he said, "NO, it's kinda hard to get the number off the front of the tractor while it's driving away."
He suggested that the police call the company that owned the tractor and they could immediately tell them the driver's name because they had the trailer number. The police said they wouldn't do that unless the insurance
company decided that they wanted to go to court.
Fortunately for us, it was Mr HB's company vehicle so they'll handle everything.
How angry would you be if it was your car and the police
would not take time at all to try to catch the trucker? This really has me aggravated.
The moral of this story is:
If you ever get hit by a tractor trailer, run to the front of the tractor and get that license plate number. The back one means nothing.
Mr HB was sideswiped by a tractor trailer on his way home yesterday, on the Atlanta beltway. His tire was slashed and the back right side of the vehicle was all dented in. The truck and Mr HB pulled over on the side of the road, right before an exit, and Mr HB was talking to 911 when the truck took off up the exit ramp.
He was able to give the name of the truck and the license plate number to the operator. So the police show up and Mr HB asked if they had tracked down the driver yet. The police say...oh, wait for this !!!
The police say there is no way to track the tractor trailer because the license plate is for the trailer, not the actual truck. They asked Mr HB if he had gotten the number of the truck on the front license plate and he said, "NO, it's kinda hard to get the number off the front of the tractor while it's driving away."
He suggested that the police call the company that owned the tractor and they could immediately tell them the driver's name because they had the trailer number. The police said they wouldn't do that unless the insurance
company decided that they wanted to go to court.
Fortunately for us, it was Mr HB's company vehicle so they'll handle everything.
How angry would you be if it was your car and the police
would not take time at all to try to catch the trucker? This really has me aggravated.
The moral of this story is:
If you ever get hit by a tractor trailer, run to the front of the tractor and get that license plate number. The back one means nothing.
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