Post by roland on Aug 19, 2008 12:08:43 GMT
I've just had a really annoying morning! I went outside this morning full of the joys of summer (lol) and discovered that in the previous hour somebody had torn the rear end off my car!! And left no note, nothing!!
I rang the police on their non-emergency number like a good citizen only to be told that they by law cannot take reports over the phone. I have to file the report in person at the police station. Since our police station is over 5 miles away, and there's no bus service, I said I would be happy to go to the police station, if they could tell me how I'm supposed to get there seeing as how my car no longer has a rear end!!
Do you know what his answer was? If my insurance doesn't require a police report number, I was told by the arrogant git, I don't need to bother going to the police station, because they won't do anything about the damage to my car anyway even though the damage is extensive, and the car's not drivable.
When I said I would in that case bloody well investigate it myself, he said I shouldn't do that and I'd better get down to the police station.
Luckily the insurance company was able to start processing my claim without a police number; I can give it to them later. So my car's now been carted off to our local car hospital, and I've been been walking the village looking for a vehicle with red paint on its bumper!
I've also emailed our local beat team, and told him (it's a team of 1) he's got a community relations problem on his hands!
So why am I posting all this? Because due to my adhd hyperfocusing ability, I feel locked into figuring out who smacked into my car. And darn it just because I got the Road Traffic Act 1972 quoted at me by the pompous twerp on the police line, I now feel compelled to look the act up and find a way to quote it back at them. Even though I know I don't have time, and I've got tons of other work waiting for me, I just know that as soon as I stop writing this, I'm going to look up the 1972 Road Traffic Act. It's fun having ADHD? Not!!
I rang the police on their non-emergency number like a good citizen only to be told that they by law cannot take reports over the phone. I have to file the report in person at the police station. Since our police station is over 5 miles away, and there's no bus service, I said I would be happy to go to the police station, if they could tell me how I'm supposed to get there seeing as how my car no longer has a rear end!!
Do you know what his answer was? If my insurance doesn't require a police report number, I was told by the arrogant git, I don't need to bother going to the police station, because they won't do anything about the damage to my car anyway even though the damage is extensive, and the car's not drivable.
When I said I would in that case bloody well investigate it myself, he said I shouldn't do that and I'd better get down to the police station.
Luckily the insurance company was able to start processing my claim without a police number; I can give it to them later. So my car's now been carted off to our local car hospital, and I've been been walking the village looking for a vehicle with red paint on its bumper!
I've also emailed our local beat team, and told him (it's a team of 1) he's got a community relations problem on his hands!
So why am I posting all this? Because due to my adhd hyperfocusing ability, I feel locked into figuring out who smacked into my car. And darn it just because I got the Road Traffic Act 1972 quoted at me by the pompous twerp on the police line, I now feel compelled to look the act up and find a way to quote it back at them. Even though I know I don't have time, and I've got tons of other work waiting for me, I just know that as soon as I stop writing this, I'm going to look up the 1972 Road Traffic Act. It's fun having ADHD? Not!!