Here is my dilemma - motorcycle idiot

[TripperMike]

I'm in favor of #2. But still no guarantee he'd get what he should have coming to him.

Use his credit card, on line, to place his obituary in a local paper, then mail the wallet to him.

However I do find Kamal's idea appealling.

 

[Surly]

Shred it all. Maybe running around replacing everything will mess his day up just a bit. Then hope DOT worker gives a good account of the incident.

 

[Greg 03]

Ummmm turn it into the man and let the DOT guy sign an affidavit to prosecute the tool for trying to kill him?

 

[fjRaven]

I would add that you mail it back to him anonymously with a note that gave his info to DOT and if you ever see him driving like that again, you have his name, address, cc #'s, and you be as nice next time.

 

[Old Guy]

DO NOT follow the FJRay option. You will end up contributing to a fraud charge. Why let them draw you into becoming a criminal.
I like Option 2.

That's a fact. The most he'd be liable for would be $50 per card, and the rest would be covered by either the retailer or the card company itself. Both entities push their costs along to their customers -- that's us. I favor Option 2 as well.

 

[gcoug]

What wallet?

 

[dcarver]

Hey now, Pops likes me! :wub:

Ok then Pops, turn the hearing aids to 12 and read my lips.

Number 2 pops, number 2! (like you used to be able to do regular, eh?) :rofl:

 

[Road_Runner]

If you decide to give it to the DOT worker, you might as well call the sheriff while there too and bear witness... that is if you really want the guy prosecuted. I am going to go against the grain here and as a very imperfect person myself say give the guy a break. I would go with #4, but mail it to his house with a letter explaining what you could have done and advising him that others think he is a idiot.

 

[Panman]

Send it to DOT. Most likely, a face to face could go side ways and not really make him think about what he did. I like FJRay's suggestion as well - make sure to wipe the cards down to eliminate any of your prints first...

If you do a face to face make sure you bring a few friends and put one or two in the woods with long guns as you don't know who your dealing with! Don't favor that option as we are getting older and smarter than that!

If you decide to give it to the DOT worker, you might as well call the sheriff while there too and bear witness... that is if you really want the guy prosecuted. I am going to go against the grain here and as a very imperfect person myself say give the guy a break. I would go with #4, but mail it to his house with a letter explaining what you could have done and advising him that others think he is a idiot.

Folks like that don't learn from letters like that, help the DOT guy's out! Fines double in work zones not that the wallet would convict him and our dumb ass liberal society. I also favor # 2.

 

[garyahouse]

First of all, don't do anything with it.

He knows he's lost it already. He's too busy making 500 phone calls to cancel all his cards... and driving all over to get a new license and so on. After all, you don't want to spoil his fun time right now. Then when ya get around to it, take it down to the police station and tell them your story. Give them a link to this forum and let them read what you wrote, just for verification if they need it. Maybe even contact the company that employed the fella who almost got mowed down and ask for his name/testimony. Perhaps two witnesses are better than one. Maybe hot dog will end up with a nasty citation or two or three... which may just cure his ratchet wrist.

Certainly, they'll be contacting the man, if for no other reason but to have him come in and pick up his wallet. He'll probably be chewin' his fingernails as he thinks about his escapade while on the way to the station to pick up his wallet... even if they DON'T ticket him. But taking the law in yer own hands is never a good idea.

Gary

darksider #44

 

[bwv]

I'd say we all make mistakes.. but.. almost clipped you.. then still hammer down and almost hurt another.. then the lawyer card...

#2...based on the traffic lawyer card and behavior.. this guy is a career asshole.. hang him up before he kills someone.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Just shred it all. You seriously don't want his credit cards getting used by someone else through you. It's nothing that's not replaceable and that's what he gets for being an asshole.

Sorry, but option #2 is stupid. It happened outside of an officer's presence, so matter how official anyone thinks this forum is, no on cares. No cop is gonna go cite him, lecture him or charge him. Most likely his shit will get dropped in certified mail and sent to him.

Now...What I would probably do, IF i wasn't in my current job, is make a copy of his DL. Send that along with a note explaining that his stuff was found, but because he rides like an asshole, you burned it.

That might be unlawful too...Just so you know. In all this, don't forget that karma is a vengeful mo-fo. It will get him, with or without your help.

 

[escapefjrtist]

My little voice says #2, but OTOH 'Zilla's method is the way to go...

--G

 

[MCRIDER007]

So here is my dilemma, when Robert Dean Marshall passed me I noticed something black fly off the bike or his body. So I went back and picked up his wallet. Drivers License, Visa Card, Chase Debit Card, Snoqualmie Casino [must work there] health card, Costco Card, SAS Towing Card and a local traffic lawyer's card.

WOW....what a relief.....I was riding my ZX-14 that day and thought I he was talking about me!

 

[wfooshee]

You can't return part of it without somebody asking about the rest of it. I say let the guy treat it like it is: He lost it. Cut it all up and toss it.

Google him and see if anybody by that name is on Facebook from around your area. Look at his page and see if any of it's public, and if so, look for motorcycle bragging. Set up a fake gmail box and use it to set up a fake name on Facebook, friend him, see if it's the same guy once you get to his page, then rat him out and disappear. At least his FB "friends" will see what a tool he is, and some of them will actually care about.

 

[exskibum]

I think the best advice is an amalgam of the enlightened postings of two esteemed forum A$$whole Savants. Just needed a little editing together. Fixed below --

Give all the plastic to a homeless street person to have fun with. shred everything but including the license and mail it to him After you give the info to DOT anonymously. Put a big red lipstick lip print on the envelope with a note saying<br />"How do you like it now"

Just shred it all. You seriously don't want his credit cards getting used by someone else through you. It's nothing that's not replaceable and that's what he gets for being an asshole.
Sorry, but option #2 is stupid. It happened outside of an officer's presence, so matter how official anyone thinks this forum is, no on cares. No cop is gonna go cite him, lecture him or charge him. Most likely his shit will get dropped in certified mail and sent to him. FUkKIN' PiGS!!!

Now...What I would probably do, IF i wasn't in my current job, is make a copy of his DL. Send that and all the stuff you shredded along with a note inside the lipstick marked envelope explaining that his stuff was found, but because he rides like an asshole, you burned shredded it before paying the postage.

Ain't making any representations or inferences about whether That might be unlawful too or not ...Just so you know. In all this, don't forget that karma is a vengeful mo-fo. It will get him, with or without your help.

 

[Hudson]

I was headed home a few years ago, similar situation, see a car near me weaving all over, nearly hit the center divider several times. Agonized a bit, then it really pissed me off when she drifted two lanes over causing a car to nearly swerve off the road. Called it in, state patrol comes up quickly and pulls her over. She blew a .28. Cops had me write something up.

Didn't lose an ounce of sleep. Could've been me on the FJR she swerved into.

Option 2. Or you're kicking yourself next time he does hit someone.

 

[BikerGeek99]

In all this, don't forget that karma is a vengeful mo-fo. It will get him, with or without your help.

This.

And karma is a two-way-street.

 

[Geezer]

Number 2 is the way to go from the choices you offer.

Regardless, there is no way for the DOT guy to prove to the LEO that the wallet came from the idiot unless you personally talk to the LEO and let them know exactly how you got it. Him turning it in may result in the LEO paying the guy a visit with a lecture, resulting in the idiot learning to secure his wallet better. You talking to the LEO could result in a summons or two for the idiot. Without the penalties he won't change his ways.

 

[Old Guy]

Mr. Zilla is probably right. At least here, traffic violations must be witnessed by the enforcement officer. An actual hit-and-run would be a felony, but a near miss is still a miss.