# Hit and run, have their plate, how do I find them to file a claim? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 7, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468 "2013-05-07T16:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cretinx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cretinx/32/6121_2.png) [@cretinx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cretinx)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/21 "2013-05-08T07:02:02Z")
report to police report to your insurance company if you don’t want to do this then don’t expect the system to work for you ---
**Author:** ![cobalt300z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@cobalt300z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cobalt300z)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/22 "2013-05-08T07:25:25Z")
Since new York is a no fault state (as mentioned earlier) you have to file a claim through your insurance (granted you have comp and coll) then the insurance company will subrogate against the owner. It will show up in your MVR but it will be a no fault accident so it shouldn’t count ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/23 "2013-05-08T07:25:46Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > Welcome to NY State where you can be as careful as you can be and are responsible for the actions and consequences of other shitty drivers. You should contact the other guys insurance company. Does the police report list the policy holder of his car? Nail this asshole…or his girlfriend. Nail girlfriends asshole? > [@cretinx](#): > > report to police > report to your insurance company > > if you don’t want to do this then don’t expect the system to work for you This. edit: any reason you dont just go talk to your neighbor? ---
**Author:** ![jrod0187](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jrod0187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jrod0187)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/24 "2013-05-08T07:45:57Z")
> [@Darksyde](#): > > Progressive gave me the same crap as well over a prior no fault accident. That was one of the final straws for me as a customer of theirs. Likewise… fuck progressive. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/25 "2013-05-08T07:53:03Z")
How bad is the damage to the Subie? ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/26 "2013-05-08T08:17:40Z")
Nothing severe. All damage is on the plastic body cladding. The paint is scraped off down to the black plastic in a few places, and the rest is just heavy white scuffs. I’ll fix it myself, but a check from the insurance company would make me feel a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/27 "2013-05-08T08:19:54Z")
Good to hear it’s nothing major. For me, at this point, it would purely be about principle. I’d nicely talk to your neighbor if you could. The chick just leaving like that makes me boil. ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/28 "2013-05-08T09:58:34Z")
i spoke with Kenmore PD (the guy who owns the car lives in Village of Kenmore), they’re not able to help me out at all, told me to wait for BPD to contact me. ---
**Author:** ![Montag84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Montag84](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Montag84)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/29 "2013-05-08T10:29:41Z")
[http://www.dmv.ny.gov/forms.htm](http://www.dmv.ny.gov/forms.htm) see form FS-25 ([http://www.dmv.ny.gov/forms/fs25.pdf](http://www.dmv.ny.gov/forms/fs25.pdf)) ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/30 "2013-05-14T12:52:36Z")
Follow up: I called Buffalo PD and spoke with their Accident Investigation Unit. They were more than happy to give me the offending driver’s insurance information, company, and policy number. Turns out the officer who filed the report didn’t give me all the info. Called on Friday to file the claim around noon, and a few phone calls later, I was scheduled for an inspection of the car by a GEICO agent at 2pm today. Had the check deposited an hour later. $460 for a few small scrapes, I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/31 "2013-05-14T12:56:22Z")
nice… glad it had a happen ending. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_jedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@Digital\_jedi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Digital_jedi)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/32 "2013-05-14T13:20:31Z")
Good to see it all worked out! ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/33 "2013-05-14T14:16:29Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/34 "2013-05-14T14:24:31Z")
Chicka chicka wahhhhhhhhtttt? Nice. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/35 "2013-05-14T14:37:32Z")
I’d still give that neighbor cunt of yours a piece of my mind, in the nicest way possible. Glad to hear it all worked out. You’re outcome is lucky. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/36 "2013-05-14T15:14:55Z")
> [@96V6Bird](#): > > Follow up: > > I called Buffalo PD and spoke with their Accident Investigation Unit. They were more than happy to give me the offending driver’s insurance information, company, and policy number. Turns out the officer who filed the report didn’t give me all the info. Called on Friday to file the claim around noon, and a few phone calls later, I was scheduled for an inspection of the car by a GEICO agent at 2pm today. Had the check deposited an hour later. $460 for a few small scrapes, I’ll take it. See… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468/37 "2013-05-14T15:33:22Z")
Glad it work out. > [@96V6Bird](#): > > … Called on Friday to file the claim around noon, and a few phone calls later, I was scheduled for an inspection of the car by a GEICO agent at 2pm today. Had the check deposited an hour later. $460 for a few small scrapes, I’ll take it. This is why when I had Bobby switch my homeowners and his company was pushing to quote me car insurance too I told them no, just do the home. I’ve personally dealt with Geico twice and known several others who have and their claims always went smooth. To me that’s not worth switching even if some can beat their rate. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hit-and-run-have-their-plate-how-do-i-find-them-to-file-a-claim/230468.md?page=1)