mailbox hit and run

[WhiplashTX]

Well, my mail box just got knocked down but luckily a neighbor saw the whole thing and got the license plate. I'm pretty sure it's a contractor from across the street where they are building a new house. So do I call the police, the home builder, or track him down?

On a side note, any ideas on how to keep this from happening again? They built their driveway dead center to my mailbox. I would just move it to the other side but then I will have problems backing trailers into my own driveway.

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[IowaHunter]

Talk to the guy. The police will probably just roll their eyes on this one (I would). I understand the frustration but maybe the guy didn't know he did it. Ask him and find out.

[Quackerbox]

If a guy can hit a brick mailbox, knock it over and not know it, he needs his license revoked. Unless of course hes driving an MRAP or something.

Just sayin

Talk to the contractor and if you don't get anywhere call the POPO. That's plainly a FSGI

[Brute Killer]

I don't know if you can have or would want to have one, but I built 3 mailboxes for a guy all out of various sizes of oilfield pipe, plate steel, sucker rod and a piece of truck axle (the inner part).
Heck, they may not even be legal.
Nobody has knocked them over or demolished them with a bat, which was the original reason for building the first one.

[Brute Killer]

FSGI
Failure to Stop and Give Information

I had to look it up.

[JakeGraves]

I would have them build the mailbox back in the same place. This actually happened to me in a very similar scenario. Even without a witness, the mailbox is layed over to the side and not parallel with road. This further proves it was hit from that driveway.

[Drycreek3189]

I don't know if you can have or would want to have one, but I built 3 mailboxes for a guy all out of various sizes of oilfield pipe, plate steel, sucker rod and a piece of truck axle (the inner part).
Heck, they may not even be legal.
Nobody has knocked them over or demolished them with a bat, which was the original reason for building the first one.

Not legal on state roads, but might be in a subdivision or on a county road. I would check before I did that. May even be a Postal Service rule, but the ones on state hiways must be break-away.

[WhiplashTX]

Oh he definitely knew it, the witness said he even got out of his truck to inspect the damage. No note in mailbox or on front door, just jumped back in and took off. I have left a message with the builder.

[Brute Killer]

Not legal on state roads, but might be in a subdivision or on a county road. I would check before I did that. May even be a Postal Service rule, but the ones on state hiways must be break-away.

County road, but I'm still not sure of the legality.
The fella may have gotten a pass, as he rescued a cop (my brother) from a fire fight that had killed 3 cops previous to my brother arriving on scene and getting hit.

[Buckshot-73]

Unless you can convince the driver to rebuild his mistake, you will just waste your time with LEO.


And, DO NOT try to get Postal Inspector to do his job.... I called 6 times trying to get some help, they have yet to call back.


I caught the last punk who ran over mine, ( he lost his driveshaft speeding away ).
Deputy showed up, said all he could do was give me a blue form.

[UltraMax]

I've written class B warrants for Duty on striking fixture on several occasions..... Just saying....


I might roll my eyes but with an eye witness and license plate number, it shouldn't be hard to investigate.

I work a lot of these types of cases. Most have no suspect, if there's one that I can solve, I usually jump on it.

[UltraMax]

I had to look it up.

Sec. 550.025. DUTY ON STRIKING STRUCTURE, FIXTURE, OR HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING. (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway shall:
(1) take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of the accident and of the operator's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle the operator was driving;
(2) if requested and available, show the operator's driver's license to the owner or person in charge of the property; and
(3) report the accident if required by Section 550.061.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor, if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is less than $200; or
(2) a Class B misdemeanor, if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is $200 or more.