Revenge is sweet

JimboJones so let me get this straight. You got hit by a car and it drove off. you then sat on your hands for six months and only then decided to report it to the police. and you feel aggrieved that the police did not investigate this?

I mean even if you report last night's incident, they find the car and owner go to his house and say "were you driving recklessly last night" and he goes "no" then its really just your word against his and noone can really be arsed to take that all the way to court.

Seems to me like a lot of people have pretty unrealistic expectations of police. Having said that, their attitude at times can be a little galling.

Who are you responding to here Jimbo? I think it's the police that 'sat on their hands' (or their arses) if it's dr oblong you're commenting on. They're the ones that took six months to send a letter saying nothing doing, not the good doctor. FYI.

Maybe we do have unrealistic expectations of the police, maybe we don't. I mean, how hard is for them to find the registered keeper of a vehicle if you can supply them with the Reg. no.? Not hard at all, happens all day every day if they feel like checking you've got insurance or what-have-you. i know we're unclear about the details of that case, but you missed an all-important comma as in 'I reported it, six months later I got a letter...