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Hit and Run by a Porsche SUV

There is nothing more frustrating then riding along in your car, minding your own business, only to be rear ended by the car behind you who rather than playing the part of good samaritan so you can exchange insurance information, tears off like a bat out of hell so that he doesn't have to pay the price for the damage he's just caused to the back of your Volkswagen Tiguan.

Such was the sad state of affairs that unraveled yesterday afternoon as my husband, son and I attempted to visit a dear friend in Queens. We were stopped at a traffic light, I was engrossed in the new Jaycee Dugard book "A Stolen Life" - when out of nowhere, my book hit the dashboard and I jerked forward. My son let out a yell from the back and my husband, turned his head and instantly whipped into action. He quickly exited the vehicle and when he informed the other driver of the SUV that we were fine, the guy agreed to pull over to the side so we could exchange insurance information. But just as we were making our way to the curb, he took off. But not before my eagle eyed son and husband memorized his license plate. In case you like to play the license plate game and happen to see this one during your travels, please give us a shout out:

Turns out that after we did a police search on the plate, it's a gray Porsche SUV - yes, a ridiculously expensive car that pretty much demolished the back of my Tiguan - completely missing my bumper, but mangling my license plate, crushing some metal and destroying my rear camera. Incidentally, after calling 911 five times - they don't come that fast if everyone is perfectly fine - a police car finally arrived at the scene nearly two hours later to file a report. Now here's the real kicker - the guy in the gray porsche with the license plate #CGM-8534 won't even get a ticket if he's caught. Since no one was hurt, the case would head to civil court and we'd have to sue him for damages.

Honestly, now is about the time I would call in John Quinones and his ABC show "What Would you Do" and see which people would flee the scene and who would stick around and do the right thing. I mean, I've heard stories of people who left a note on someone's window to call them after they've accidentally damaged their car. Not so in my case. My bumper got an unexplained beating from someone who hit and ran when I wasn't there; I've had more car dents in my doors than I care to discuss; and this past week, the hood of my car was pelted with hail during a freakish storm in Westchester County. Guess you can't sue Mother Nature so I'll have to make due with paying our deductible in order to get our car back in top shape.

I guess I should be grateful that we were safe. Simply an inconvenience rather than something far more life threatening. What I've learned from this experience is that people show their true colors during tense situations. In this case, a creep whose car is registered to someone in Balboa, New York decided to take off for the hills and not own up to his responsibilities even though he was driving a car whose price tag is higher than most people's annual salaries. I have no idea if it was in fact that man's car or if he was simply going on a joy ride. Either way, I say Kharma is a bitch. Hey CGM-8534 - bet you never thought that your hit and run would hit the blogosphere. Well, think again. Here's hoping our insurance company will find you and make you pay for the damage you caused to our car. And if they don't track you down, well hopefully one day this little incident will catch up with you. Doing the right thing speaks volumes. Doing the wrong thing gets you called out on my blog.

Posted in: Undercover Mom on 08/08/2011