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¡apesta!
OK, now about 6 wks after the event and I've had a recent update.
Basically, the PC said he 'had difficulty finding the details of the driver from the database' and that the car was registered to a 'trade company' and didn't have any specifics....
I queried that if the number plate, car model etc were known, then surely all the information is on the database? (Sorry, I don't really know how all this works but assume if there were a big crash involving the vehicle, then all details would quickly be known.)
The PC then asked me to go into the station and hand over my dna so 'they could eliminate my dna which might have contaminated the evidence.' (Just after the incident, I had handed in the bottle as evidence.)
Naturally, I complained about the whole thing and was told I'd get an update soon.
However, I can see what's going on here. I'm very unlikely to get any sort of 'justice' or satisfactory closure. They haven't even spoken to the driver. As much as I hate to say it, maybe the smart move is just to forget the whole thing and move on.