-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
I touched a stranger's car at work and the police took my info down...
- Thread starter Watch Da Birdie
- Start date
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
This. Very much this.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
I was involved in a hit and run sort of (someone had a gun and I hit another car and wasnt stopping)
I called the police and told them what happened but they had no report of an accident at the intersection I was at. He gave me some paper work to fill out and send in. yeah, right in the trash...
So, I mean whatever I dunno man sometimes police can't do anything even when your asking about it. I guess I'd say only "if they really want" ask yourself this. did they seem to believe you. Did they seem to like you or not. That's all that matters honestly
I called the police and told them what happened but they had no report of an accident at the intersection I was at. He gave me some paper work to fill out and send in. yeah, right in the trash...
So, I mean whatever I dunno man sometimes police can't do anything even when your asking about it. I guess I'd say only "if they really want" ask yourself this. did they seem to believe you. Did they seem to like you or not. That's all that matters honestly
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
This was my immediate thought as well. I would've just called the cops or a towing company. OP should be fine though.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Op, can I have your letterman's jacket?
PrivateWHudson
Member
Who knows how long it was sitting there without causing a problem, but you couldn't wait 5 minutes to wait for the cops and let them move it? As others have said, it probably won't be a problem, but whatever scenario lead to someone leaving a car in such a weird state has maybe a 50/50 shot of being some kind of criminal activity. And you just plopped your ass in the middle of it.
Forerunner
Member
Of course they are going to take down your information. You're fine.
Me too! That's what brought me in here originally. I thought calling the police on somebody for touching a cat was crazy.
WaterAstro
Member
Gil Grissom's gonna fuck you up.
Tampering with the crime scene!
Tampering with the crime scene!
Pinko Marx
Banned
Seriously.
What you did was kind, but needless and an opening for possible trouble. You'll most likely be fine, but seriously... Why would you do that?
Jack The Nipper
Banned
it is very likely he will never hear about it, they know he has nothing to do with whatever reason it was there.
if they find the owner is dead or something then he may hear back from it and SURE, there is a chance (very very small) that they would pin it on him but in all truth like the above is saying it all has to do with the cop/s. People have different thoughts and ideas and if they really wanted to nail him well they could do that. It is very unlikely and they have no real reason to do it so I really wouldn't worry about it. But people can do anything they want, that is the chance of it. With that said, I likely wouldn't move it for the above reasons but I also may not find it a big deal to move it. If I ended up in jail yeah well that would suck for moving a car
if they find the owner is dead or something then he may hear back from it and SURE, there is a chance (very very small) that they would pin it on him but in all truth like the above is saying it all has to do with the cop/s. People have different thoughts and ideas and if they really wanted to nail him well they could do that. It is very unlikely and they have no real reason to do it so I really wouldn't worry about it. But people can do anything they want, that is the chance of it. With that said, I likely wouldn't move it for the above reasons but I also may not find it a big deal to move it. If I ended up in jail yeah well that would suck for moving a car
It was an abandoned car with the windows down and the keys on the fucking bumper? Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it lmao. If there's anything stolen the chances of the police charging you are pretty slim, but 'car left in the middle of the fucking road with the windows open and the goddamn keys right there' certainly seems like grounds for reasonable doubt
well if he was anything other than whatever, he might be calling the police on himself, but it looks like he made it out ok.
this time.
"who kills an entire family, stuffs them in the trunk, robs a bank, and then comes back to the getaway car to make sure it's parked properly, then calls the police? this guy."
this time.
"who kills an entire family, stuffs them in the trunk, robs a bank, and then comes back to the getaway car to make sure it's parked properly, then calls the police? this guy."
This is what I came to ask.
That said it's extremely unlikely that they're taking your fingerprints off a steering wheel.
cr0w
Old Member
FinalStageBoss
Banned
why the fuck would you do that lol
flaxknuckles
Member
I wouldn't have driven the car because I would have been thinking someone would jump out of nowhere and scream that I stole their car. And there wouldn't be shit I could do about it. Leave things alone next time OP.
walking fiend
Member
What if it was a trap all along?
TheRedSnifit
Member
It means they're going to kill you tonight OP.
You'll be missed.
You'll be missed.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
You probably shouldn't have done that but I don't think anything significant will come out of you doing so.
SodiumBenzoate
Member
OP clearly has never seen that Bait Car show
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
Not sure if true but apparently if they do not find the owner and there is some cash value after a while they give it back to you.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Well you didn't touch the car, you drove it
Minute but important difference
Minute but important difference
He had to be alive to post this though.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Why in the fuck did you do that?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Why the fuck would you drive a car that isn't yours? The police would have called a tow truck.
You fucked up. Don't do shit with stuff that isn't yours.
You fucked up. Don't do shit with stuff that isn't yours.
Escape Goat
Member
OP needs a new tag.
and is trying to use Gaf for a cover story.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
I dont understand why you think it'd be a good idea to get in the car. Obviously something was wrong...it could have been bait, it could have had a bomb, it could be a murder victims vehicle and now your prints are everywhere. You could have tainted evidence. The list probably goes on. What the fuck?
I wouldn't have touched it at all. Call the cops and let them deal with it.
I wouldn't have touched it at all. Call the cops and let them deal with it.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
By "road" I don't mean it was on the public road, but rather jutting out of two parking spaces into the driveway from the highway to our store---so it was on store property, and on our busiest pathway where tons of cars drive through especially on a busy Saturday.
Also the car had been sitting there for well over three hours (I had come in at around six, noticed it, but just thought someone had quickly stopped for something, then noticed it was still there when I went outside three hours later), and it was actually someone else who found the keys on the bumper---only then did I decide to move it since the option was available.
It was still there when I left around 2:30---hopefully the owner got it and everything's settled.
Also the car had been sitting there for well over three hours (I had come in at around six, noticed it, but just thought someone had quickly stopped for something, then noticed it was still there when I went outside three hours later), and it was actually someone else who found the keys on the bumper---only then did I decide to move it since the option was available.
It was still there when I left around 2:30---hopefully the owner got it and everything's settled.
Vicetrailia
Member
You're fine, don't worry about it.