Would this be considered a Hit and run?

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  1. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    Three trucks involved (kinda)
    A is in the right lane traveling below the speed limit
    Truck B is in the center lane traveling at or below the speed limit but faster than A

    Truck C is in the hammer lane blasting by traffic.

    Truck C clips truck B's mirror hard, and just keeps trucking. Is this considered a hit and run even if there is no damage to B?
     
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  3. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Truck C clips truck B's mirror hard, and just keeps trucking. Is this considered a hit and run even if there is no damage to B?

    No damage?

    Contact is considered an accident.
     
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  4. Frank Speak

    Frank Speak Road Train Member

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    I bet truck d started the whole ugly affair!
     
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  5. MIT

    MIT Road Train Member

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    Where do I purchase this indestructible mirror?
     
  6. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    #### right I sneezed and spooked him. He scared the other three.
     
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    slow pok Light Load Member

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    Been there atl of course. Camera got him
     
  8. GreenPete359

    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

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    No damage=no evidence. Stop being in the way:)
     
  9. prostartom

    prostartom Light Load Member

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    Long time ago when I first started driving I was running an old Ford cabover box truck down a very narrow back road somewhere in northern VA around Leesburg. Met a dump truck coming the other way and ended up smacking our mirrors together. I Stopped at a small country store about 2 miles down the road and fixed the mirror. There was no damage, just was folded in and needed readjusted.

    Walked into the store to grab a soda and when I came out there was the dump truck parked next to me and the driver was looking at my mirror shaking his head. Before I could say anything he climbed back in his truck and rolled out. As he was leaving I realized his mirror was totally smashed!

    I have had my passenger side mirror folding in a couple of times on the George Washington Bridge. Makes merging onto the Major Deegan real fun, just roll down the window and listen for the horns!
     
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  10. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    What really blew me away is the no attempt to stop and check with the other driver.
     
  11. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    I haven't had it happen, but I do worry about it when going through, say, Chicago in a 45mph construction zone with narrow lanes and I am doing the speed limit with trucks zipping by me going 60+ and not keeping to their lane very well.
     
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