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Originally Posted by rubio_higuey
This is not true! One party can make a claim and file a police report without other party being present. You just need to have a place (licence plate) of the other vehicle.
About 6 weeks ago my front left bumper got damaged by an idiot on SUV who was pushing himself upfront-right on Ovando/M.Gomez. He stopped to explore the damages but refused to go to police (of course he was claiming "I" hit him - which anybody just by seeing the bumper damage and the way it was damaged could not even consider). He was drunk. I took the placa number and went to Casa de Conductor to file a report, as one party, giving my version of the story and got a signed and stamped report for my insurance company.
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You were lucky, did you have to pay him?
I tried to report my fender bender to the police, accompanied by a Dominican friend, without the other party there. Police said "grande problema". Fortunately for me my Dominican friend who is a taxi driver and very street smart and was able to work around the system in this instance (a topic for another thread at another time). However, I was informed by many people including the authorities that both parties must present themselves to make a statement.
I was lucky.