Modern Day Policing?

[ianmt]

A female colleague just had an unerving experience.
She was driving down a narrow Cornish lane (she lives there), when she saw a car coming towards her at high speed. She stopped, and the car she was in was hit head on, and was subsequently not driveable (and deemed a right off too). The car that hit her car reversed away to a wider section of the road, she thought that the driver of that car was just clearing the road, but he turned the car round and drove away!
Another motorist eventually stopped, and called the police, the police asked was the road blocked, and was there any personal injuries. The motorist realised the "tone" of the police questions and my colleague was in shock and had hurt her wrists when she felt the impact through the steering wheel, so he advised the police, and they reluctantly attended.
Fortunately, the motorist found the number plate of the hit and run driver loose on the road, so the police should be able to trace the owner. Turns out the cars owner is not who was driving (evidently).
The police advised my colleague that they do not normally attend road traffic accidents " after 3:30PM" or at weekends, unless the road is blocked and/or there is personal injury.

The police do not seem at all interested in "catching" this criminal, as nothing "very serious" occurred.

Anyone else come across this attitude from the police?

[s2driveruk]

no but thats shocking...what a f**ked up world we live in today where Police can't be bothered to attend an incident

[david1980]

its harder for them to get a conviction in that case than say speeding so they are not interested

[mackenzie50]

its harder for them to get a conviction in that case than say speeding so they are not interested

absolutely....the police take the easiest option everytime....and if that means 'nicking' someone for being a few mph over the limit on a quiet open road- so be it...but if they're actually called upon to do some real police work...forget it!
I'll say this about Theresa May...she doesn't shy away from giving the workshy/pension addict rozzers a roasting...

[anthonys2]

Shocking and sad story but the Police are not interested in accidents where nobody was seriously hurt they are only interested in making money and we all know what their easiest option is. As said hopefully new P.M will sort this system out

[hunker7]

no but thats shocking...what a f**ked up world we live in today where Police can't be bothered to attend an incident

Quite possibly it's more to do with huge cuts to spending and reducing police force than "not being bothered" I think. Saying that I don't think it's the right approach.

[20Vcqdriver]

Not surprised at all, My father in law died from a heart attack shortly after a road rage attack and as soon as the police found he had a history of a bad heart they used it as an excuse to drop the case and not pursue any further as the chance of a conviction unlikely, but catching my friend doing 32mph in a 30 was definately worth pursueing.... I have absolutely no respect for the police thanks to these kind of attitudes and personal experiences. All about targets these days. Its wrong....

[4WDrifter]

In my opinion the only way the police will attend is if you tell them that the accident has caused a traffic problem and that they need to attend to control or divert the traffic so that damaged vehicles can be recovered in a safe way. In my one experience they weren't coming even when there was an injury but one of the ambulance crew phoned them as my undriveable car was stopped, lucky for me, on a dual carriageway central reservation and he said to me that my recovery vehicle couldn't recover me safely.
My advice is if it's not your fault get the cops to come by telling them that you can't clear the road safely without their help and once they get there they have to sort it.