Tell my insurance? Hadn’t considered that. Since both my vehicles are already quite old / dilapidated, if I hit someone and they ran off I’d probably just limp the car home and try to duct tape it back together myself and be glad I still have a clean claims history. Of course my situation doesn’t necessarily apply to others.
Here’s a story about a red light I ran. I was sitting at a red light at about 3 o’ clock in the morning, one of those side-street-crossing-a-main-thorofare lights where you’re going to sit for awhile. It was July or August thus all the windows were wide open. I had the radio turned up loud and my mind had wandered, when I suddenly became aware of someone standing next to the car (on the passenger side). As soon as we made eye contact, HE, pointed down at my “seat” and made a certain gesture with his fist and tongue, and grabbed the door handle to open it. I floored it and went through the intersection without even looking to see if anyone was coming. Fortunately it was 3 o’ clock in the morning and no one WAS coming in either direction. I don’t think I would have had any trouble explaining that one to a cop, but this was before they started putting up red light cameras everywhere. Imagine explaining that red-light camera ticket to a judge. . . "Well, your honor, here’s the situation. . . . "
“Apparently you have to pay attention even at the red lights. I thought surely they were for resting up.” -George Carlin