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Originally Posted by Impureclient
I'd try this. It's a little bit of lying but might work: First get a quick estimate for damages or just guess since time is important here. Find the owner and be very short tempered with this conversation and get
out of there quick like you have to be somewhere. Say your dash cams(rear in your case like a Rexing V1p) caught him hitting you after you had reviewed over the data and realized their car has the culprit.
Say you already made a police report. Now this is where it gets tricky.
You say you'll be willing to let him pay out of pocket for $XXX and not involve insurance companies if he agrees. Right then and there you'll probably know if it was him/her if they either totally deny it and act
like your crazy or if they act a little like a deer in the headlights for a second or two. If it turns out it wasn't them then you just apologize, tell them you had to give it a try and and walk away. Lying isn't illegal.
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"If they aren't guilty, they'll walk away and that's the end of it." I don't think so. If they are innocent, what you did will come across to them as fraud and extortion. Now think for a second how you would react if a stranger comes up to you and said you hit their car and they want money?? First thing that comes to mind is fraud. I would call the cops right away to file a case and protect myself.
You can be charged. It's a fishing expedition and not a smart thing to do.