[ClearCase_guy]

This can't be true!! I've seen plenty of TV shows where a microscopic analysis of the dents can detect the color of the other car. More than that, the databases at GM can be searched to find out exactly when that paint was applied, and to what models. From there, it's a simple matter of tracking down the cars which were sold in Southern California, using some good old-fashion shoe leather and checking out people's driveways to see if appropriate dents can be identified.

Crimes like this can solved in less than 60 minutes, most of the time.

[arthurus]

You assume the police actually do these things. I suppose if a noted politician were a victim of hit-and-run, they would. Otherwise, you assume too much.

[from occupied ga]

Crimes like this can solved in less than 60 minutes, most of the time.

45 minutes (you need time for the ads)

[steve86]

I assume you’re being tongue-in-cheek, but only in the case of a fatality would anything like that be done, and then you have to narrow down the 710,999 cars in southern CA that have a paint match.

[Mygirlsmom]

My husband was hit over the summer and was shocked to see the guy speeding away. He managed to get a basic description of the car and part of the license number. When he went to the police to report it, (South side of Milwaukee near the Domes for those of you who know the area), the officer basically laughed it off and asked him, “Do you know where you are?”