Probably has more to do with the fact that California has more cars than oxygen molecules, making the idea of having any sort of government agency investigate every single accident very impractical, regardless of how much money the state might have to throw at around.
Waitaminit!! I worked at that Pizza Hut for a while !!
I beleive you and I are talking about the same drunk frat boys.
Cops do not make determinations about what the cause of the accident was. They report what evidence is told to them by witnesses, that’s about it. As they are receiving hearsay, ex post information from interested parties, it would be utterly improper for them to make determinations about anything (unless of course someone is confessing to violating a traffic law).
And, really? What evidentiary value do you think exists when Person A says “person B’s car was missing his sideview mirror before I t-boned him!” and the cop writes that down (namely: “person A claimed that person B was missing his sideview mirror prior to the accident”) in his report?
Yeah, I don’t think simply being a police officer makes one uniquely qualified to determine the cause of an accident one didn’t see.
Same here. In fact, our insurance company doesn’t even know that we were rear-ended; the claim was filed with and settled in full by the other guy’s insurance with no involvement at all by our carrier.
Why, it happens all the time. Its no accident that most old white people are Republicans.
In theory, it provides a neutral witness to at least the basic facts visible in the aftermath, which could be enough to rule out some fraudulent claims.
In L.A., yet! Consider me gobsmacked!
And yes, I’m embarrassed about it too. I thought we were better than that here.
As an aside, I think Spiny Norman must have decided to move to the place that was as different from Denmark as he could possibly get…