I think it's still true that police are supposed to file a report for any traffic accident more than a bumper dent. However, this is way low on their set of priorities when anything else has been going on, like more serious accidents or fires or major crimes. So I could see someone asking if the police had shown up or not -- because I've seen situations where the cops are all busy, the people in the crash wait half an hour and decide to just exchange info and leave, even if there's significant damage to one or the other car.
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Date: 2011-08-10 02:46 pm (UTC)I think it's still true that police are supposed to file a report for any traffic accident more than a bumper dent. However, this is way low on their set of priorities when anything else has been going on, like more serious accidents or fires or major crimes. So I could see someone asking if the police had shown up or not -- because I've seen situations where the cops are all busy, the people in the crash wait half an hour and decide to just exchange info and leave, even if there's significant damage to one or the other car.