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Rear-ended today. Have a few questions.
So some dope with no insurance rear-ends me in my Frontier today. Not too fast, I figure about 10-15 MPH. Truck lept forward maybe 8-12 inches.
There is no apparent damage because I have a class-IV receiver, and his bumber hit square with the receiver. Left a nice perfect square in his bumper, but didn't punch through entirely. The plastic panel on my bumper step right above the receiver was displaced but not broken, I pushed it back and it's fine.
So my questions are:
Should I be concerned about the hitch? I actually tow with it, usually around 4000lbs. I crawled underneath and checked all the welds, everything looked good. Didn't appear bent.
Because everything looked OK, he didn't have insurance, and I didn't feel like wasting 3 hours with the police, I didn't call for a report. I did get his information. But since I know that this guy has no insurance, am I obligated to report him? In my shock I didn't think about him just driving off with no insurance, possibly to clobber someone else.
What would you all have done?
One more thing: my own insurance card was expired, and my new card was at home on the counter. Another reason I didn't want to call. My wife was right, she said put it in the truck or you will be in an accident, duh.
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Last edited by Rondinone; 02-03-2007 at 07:01 PM..
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