So on Monday, February 19th my dad came over to help me clean out my garage and he drove his van with a trailer over so that we could get the roto-tiller there in one trip and bring the lawn tractor in the other. We did some cleaning, went to eat, came back and did some more cleaning. I did some laundry and some cleaning upstairs while my dad painted some stair boards for our front porch. At some point, he heard someone squeal their tires in the neighborhood but thought nothing of it. A little while later, I had to go out to get groceries and so he went to his van to leave… only to discover that someone had hit it and taken off.
From the pattern of the tire marks and the actual impact, there is about a 99.9% chance that it was our Mexican neighbors. I took a few pictures, just in case we need them for some reason. He called the police, and on my way out I noticed a work crew *right* around the corner who almost certainly would have heard the person squealing their tires and probably would have looked. I was right, they did. They told us (and the officer we hope) that they believed they saw a blue or green van leaving the scene. I’m pretty sure I have seen that same van parked in their drive way. My dad asked one of the Mexican guys backing out of the drive way at the time we were there, but he claimed to not know anything about it. Since then I have been on the look out for a van with damage to the rear (probably right) side, but apparently they are smart enough to not bring the vehicle back. They just weren’t smart enough to avoid *hitting* it in the first place.
So, as of this moment the Mexicans are 2 for 2. My family has only been involved in 2 hit and run accidents and they have *both* been Mexicans. The first one my then girlfriend (now wife) was driving my Grand Marque and some Mexicans in a truck rear ended her. When she started to pull over, they took off! Being the kind of person she is, she pursued them and got their tag number! A detective eventually tracked the owner down, but he *claimed* someone borrowed his truck without permission. We filed to get the repair done through our insurance company and used the uninsured motorist fund. We still had to pay $250, which sucked.
I guess if you aren’t here legally, don’t have a driver’s license or insurance your only choice is to run. Assholes. It really makes me want to punch them in the nuts.