• Ajen@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      5 hours ago

      If they have video of you leaving the note, then they also have video of the truck being parked, sitting there without being hit, and the owner returning without any real incident.

      And from experience, the cops would tell the owner of the truck to contact their insurance, and if pushed, the most they’d do is file a report. There wouldn’t be any investigation, especially without evidence of damage.

        • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 hours ago

          The police will only write a report if there’s clear evidence of a crime. So no report will be written day of if there’s no evidence beyond an obviously fake note.

          No person is going to charge into a store, obtain surveillance footage, track down the person who left the note, realize said person did not hit their vehicle and left a fake note, then contact the police and report them.

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      6·
      8 hours ago

      Paranoia? That’s just Flock cameras. If they have a frame of OP getting into their car with a legible plate, they can probably get a close to real time ping if the area is ““served””

        • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
          491·
          13 hours ago

          After reading your posts, I’ve come to the conclusion that you know absolutely nothing about the law or how a case would be tried.

          Please do not listen to this person on any legal matters.

        • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          24·
          13 hours ago

          they have no obligation to reveal any part of it that would indicate your innocence

          So you just don’t understand how the legal system works at all, amigo. What you described is completely false. One of the first phases of any court case is discovery, where the opposing party supplies the evidence that they have to support their case. Not including this type of evidence during discovery could get an attorney disbarred and a court case thrown out entirely.

          • Serinus@lemmy.world
            16·
            13 hours ago

            To expand on that, the prosecution wouldn’t have an obligation to reveal that evidence to the jury, but they would have an obligation to provide it to the court and/or defense during discovery. And, you know, that seems like something the defense would both use and request if it were missing.

        • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          11·
          13 hours ago

          And which bit of damage did you confess to? They have no evidence of what you confessed to doing.

                • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  7 hours ago

                  verifiable evidence that the damage was pre-existing that the note leaver could somehow provide

                  Like a photo of the driver circling the car, unable to spot where the damage was, immediately after reading the note? Hmmmm…

                • FarmTaco@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  11 hours ago

                  just because its a civil court doesnt mean it is based off vibes

                  “Yes Officer, he damaged my car. this damage right here. The Proof? I say so your honor. I rest my case.”

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          7·
          13 hours ago

          What if they removed the word “hit” from the note.

          So it just said “I accidentally your car”

          Then you’re not really admitting to anything.

          Would also probably frustrate the guy even more.

    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
      8·
      10 hours ago

      No store is going to bother with that without a subpoena or at the very least a cop present, and no cop is going to waste the effort for a vehicle with no damage.

    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      Good point. Don’t park nearby at least. If you do wind up getting identified and blamed you could probably tell the truth and say he was being an asshat in traffic and you were trolling him, but you never know how the justice system will work.

    • Bruhh@lemmy.world
      6·
      13 hours ago

      They’d have to file a police report and report to their insurance before security will release/show any footage. This was a while ago from someone who worked at a red retail store.