A follow-up to the hit-and-run accident I was in.

Cherokee County takes this stuff seriously. The detective assigned to the case was going to arrest this moron and throw him in jail. Problem was, it took awhile to track the guy down.

Turns out his name is Scott Greth. The morning following the accident, he called his insurance company, giving them a bogus story. The only problem with this strategy is the fact that we have the same insurance company. The detective couldn't release any information until he'd tracked down Mr. Greth, but he did give me his policy number.

I called Progressive back, and they responded that yes, he had called them, and that they were very interested in finding out the truth. They called him back, and confronted with the truth, he reneged and changed his story.

After that, it was easy getting the car fixed, which is really all I cared about. The detective asked me if I wanted to go ahead and press charges. I gave it some thought, but a) that means taking time off to go to court, and b) this guy's such a moron that I doubt jail time would make him any more responsible.

For what it's worth, he told the detective that he left the scene because he had to get home quickly, as he'd left his 10-year-old daughter unattended. At midnight on a weekend. While he was out getting blotto. Sure.

It looks like there was some arm-twisting, though, as I got this rambling and awkward message on my phone a couple of days later. Of course, no mention is made of the fact that he was drunk, or that he threatened me. Perhaps he forgot.

In any case, my car's fixed, and good as new. In the end, it only cost me some aggravation and inconvenience, though I did have to drive a Kia for several days, which should be considered some sort of crime.