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I indirectly made a police cruiser crash and then drove off out of panic, how fucked am I?
>be Subaru outback owner in bumfuck New England town
>first blizzard of the season, followed by flash freeze struck 2 nights before
>stuck cleaning already half-frozen snow off windows and windshield
>too lazy to do the roof
>left with must have been 200 pounds of ice on the roof
>fast forward to tonight
>driving home from work
>get past the bumper-to-bumper traffic and finally hit a stretch of road where I can do ~40mph at leisure
>police cruiser, a 2006ish Crown Vic is tailgating me for no reason (bumfuck city can't afford anything newer)
>as soon as I get headway speed, all the Ice on my roof decided to come off all at once in a single MASSIVE slab, again at least 200lbs
>hits the asphalt behind me hard and shatters like plexiglass
>fucker barely 2 car lengths behind me doesn't have time to get out of the way and runs over it
>promptly hear rumbling, then a loud SNAP
>cop blew his front suspension, makes a hard right, then flips after hitting a stone wall
>left scared as shit with a million different thoughts in my head but my autism tells me to book it out of there at ~70mph (on a backroad)
What can I expect to happen now? Almost certain the bastard has my plate; even though he was technically tailgating me he could get my ass for 1) running away, 2) not stopping to help and 3)being too lazy to clean my roof.
ha ha ha
this is why not to tailgate
>>14141784
you didn't see shit, it was too icy.
you didn't hear shit, your music was on too loud
you never saw anything and you deleted this thread and never told anyone about it
M8 if they have dashcams you're fucked
At the very least they'll cite you for whatever your state's law is equivalent to "unsafe car/load"
>>14141784
You're probably fine and being paranoid, he would have radioed it in immediately and they would have quickly nabbed you if it was going to happen. Unless this all happened like an hour ago, in which case you might still be fucked.
>>14141784
If the cop had a dash cam...I'd prepare to get butfucked if I were you...lotso lube...don't cry when they break your cherry...
>>14141800
+1
OP is my hero
>>14141800
this is the only acceptable answer
Hope and pray he didn't have his dashcam turned on
>>14141784
If they do find you and try to charge you, don't say anything and get an attorney. This is a case that you could easily lose by saying something stupid, or could also easily win if you have an attorney.
You did the right thing
>>14141800
this
>>14141800
op pls
>>14141825
>>14141800
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
/thread
>>14141784
>doesn't want to be arrested
>posts this thread
>>14141784
I take "Shit That Never Happened" for $400, Alex.
>>14141784
fuck you, and your likes for not clearing snow off your car all the way.
technically you are responsible for any damaged that may occur from objects leaving your vehicle.
>>14141800
He also didn't clean the ice off his car.
>>14141825
You absolute retard. I bet you get an attorney to fight a speeding ticket.
>>14141856
Too bad im black or ill get shot if i try that
>purposely speeding up and hitting a pothole to get back at the asshole behind you
>cop lights go on
>panic and run
>>14142092
Cop was following at an unsafe distance.
>>14141800
This is your best bet.
Also,
>thinking a cop would admit to tailgating and subsequently crashing because of it
I wouldn't worry too much about it, but be ready for anything. Expect the unexpected.
Tbqh if a couple months go by and you don't hear anything about it I would forget it happened
>indirectly
>>14142179
Shut up race baiting fuckin nigger
>>14142291
>Tbqh if a couple months go by and you don't hear anything about it I would forget it happened
+1
ive done something similar before
>>14141784
You're good br/o/. Don't say anything and you know you didnt do it
>>14141796
agreed, fucking hilarious
>>14141803
>>14141814
even if they had a dashcam, they can't prove who was driving, right?
Looks like they found you https://www.carthrottle.com/post/this-sheet-of-ice-brutally-smashes-a-saabs-windscreen-at-70mph/
>>14143180
Im just stating facts :^)
>>14141784
I never thought anything exiting would ever happen on /o/. Thank you for proving me wrong.
>>14143484
holy christ
>>14143890
>exiting
>>14143390
this absolutely does not matter. If he "wasn't driving" this would open up a whole new web of lies and retardation.
>>14142092
>snow
>object leaving the vehicle
stop being dumb
As others said you didn't hear or see anything. Maybe you weren't even the one driving. I wouldn't worry too much.
Screenshotted and sent to the fbi lube up your assholes br/o/
Lol.
I wouldn't worry about this at all.
Plausible deniability is written all over this. HE was tailgating YOU. YOU weren't paying attention at all to what was going on behind you.
>>14143990
>driving a car in the snow
>not paying attention to the road behind you
>having no situational awareness
>>14144019
why should OP be held responsable for a tailgater?
>>14144019
>none of which is illegal
>>14144019
>not paying attention to the road behind you
Technically you're not responsible for anything behind you. The snow on his roof might have been dangerous but the cop followed him for a long time indicating the cop didn't think it was a danger either.
>>14141817
If he's driving a 2006 cruiser and in the middle of nowhere its likely he doesn't have a dashcam fitted.
Just so you know OP, you are always liable for any debris that fall off your car and causes damage
Lawyer up
>>14143937
yeah but it could be someone else covered under the insurance and they wouldn't know which
>>14141803
They don't run their dash cams 24/7 retard
>>14143484
The part when he hits his wipers made me laugh so hard.
Impressed by the drivers composure though
>>14145248
>yeah but it could be someone else covered under the insurance
Who would most likely be a family member or a close friend who would obviously know it was a lie.
good op, your survival instinct kicked in, the cop would have just killed you. Worst case now you get sued or some shit.
