<p>We know there was no injured person now, but how would the neighbor know at the time it happened? But whatever.
I only know how I would react and that if they “zoomed off”, it would be well before I could process what woke me up, get to a window or the door and see anything. I don’t think they zoomed off immediately. It takes time to process what has just happened when you are in an accident, too. </p>
<p>Uhm, because they were gone. But yeah, whatever.</p>
<p>I generally stay up pretty late - I am a night owl by nature. So, I can easily see the neighbor being up at 1 or 2 am. I don’t think we can assume the person was asleep. In which case, it’s quite possilbe the car took off almost right away.</p>
<p>I think it’s likely. That’s exactly what happens in a hit and run. You run. Which is not perhaps the smartest thing to do if your home is right down the street but he was probably hoping no-one was awake and that would be the end of it. Nope. </p>
<p>We can’t assume they were awake either. </p>
<p>But again, I am just voicing my speculation - just like everyone else on this thread. You are free to disagree. </p>
<p>Emily, they saw the truck. They were awake. It’s not speculation. It’s also irrelevant. Lying to the police is the problem.</p>
<p>Yes, I know they saw the truck - which is why I said I would go outside to see if anyone was hurt and why I don’t believe they zoomed away. I think the neighbor wasn’t being very neighborly and had no intention of checking to see if anyone was hurt - the neighbor was more concerned with calling the police. That is my opinion of what I think happened. </p>
<p>Wow. You are blaming a neighbor for their reaction when a drunk kid crashes into their yard in the middle of the night and goes home to sleep it off. And, dismissing the obvious fact that he “zoomed away” by deciding that he surely would have been sitting their for a while waiting to be caught. Interesting.</p>
<p>"And, dismissing the obvious fact that he “zoomed away”</p>
<p>I read all of the OP’s posts on this thread and not once did she mention they “zoomed away.” If you would like to point to where the OP said that, I would appreciate it. </p>
<p>I don’t see what different it makes if the accident occurred because of being drunk or not - I still would go out to see if everyone was OK. </p>
<p>You are assuming that there was someone outside to check on and I’m not sure why since nowhere did I see the OP mention that the kid hung around for a while. And, why would he? “Zoomed away” was not my word choice but it makes sense since that is what happens in a hit and run accident. He was hoping not to get caught. And, he lied to the police. The neighbors actions are irrelevant to me and I don’t know what I would have done as the neighbor. Perhaps, nothing until morning if I knew the family. But, as the mom there would be a very big problem.</p>
<p>Second guessing the neighbor who called the police doesn’t appear to be adding much helpful to this discussion. Do not believe I’d be inclined to do much investigating of a car on my lawn at 3am and more inclined to leave it to the police as well. </p>
<p>In any case, the police are now involved and OP and her S have to figure how to deal with them. The tangent about what one does when there is a vehicle you recognize on your grass at early hours of the am doesn’t contribute to any current solutions. </p>
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<p>It’s the middle of the night. I’m asleep. Suddenly I’m awakened by some brouhaha on my front lawn. I look out. A truck is on my front lawn! And I hear some kids drunkenly yelling. The truck seems to be stuck, but before I can do anything it zooms off, hitting a lightpole on the way, and speeds away. Is that the truck that kid down the block drives?</p>
<p>Uh oh. Some drunk kids are driving around. Some innocent person could get hurt. I call the police.</p>
<p>Think how badly any of us would feel if the police weren’t called when we became aware if drunks and a moving vehicle that drove on the grass before hitting a pole during early morning hours, and then seriously injured or killed someone? It didn’t happen here (so far as we know at this time), but such scenarios play out way more often than any of us would like. That is one reason we ARE supposed to call 911–definitely had the potential for tragic consequences. </p>
<p>People driving while impaired tend to have poor judgment and can injure or kill others. They may not even be conscious of all the damage they are doing or have done. It is also dangerous to approach intoxicated people in a vehicle, as you could be hit, especially when they opt to floor the pedal, as was done. </p>
<p>I just see if differently. I don’t think it happened as fast as people assume. The neighbor obviously got a good enough look to identify it was her/his neighbor’s truck. I would have gone out to check. My first concern would be to see if someone was injured. And if it didn’t happen that way - if I was the neighbor, I would have walked over to the person’s house, or called, to tell the parents what had just happened - even at that late hour. </p>
<p>If they floored the pedal off my grass, I’d assume they were feeling no pain and seeing them whack a pole and continue on, I’d be very concerned about what and whom may be hit next. I see no good reason to be close to a vehicle being operated by people who appear intoxicated in early morning hours and many reasons for avoiding such a vehicle, personal safety being primary. </p>
<p>We don’t have any info on the relationship this neighbor had with the kid and family prior to this incident either. For that matter, we have no info as to who catapult called the cops–could have been someone else who just called in the plate after seeing truck hit pole or drive onto grass. </p>
<p>Emily, you are the only one assuming here. And, the chances of me taking a walk to tell on drunk young man in the middle of the night are slim to none.</p>
<p>Obviously we’re all looking at this from our own lenses, but I think Cardinal Fang’s scenario sounds the most plausible. I heard a neighbor putting his garbage cans out at 4 this morning, so it doesn’t come as a stretch to me that someone would be awake at 2:30-my older D is a restaurant worker so in HER neighborhood, there’s another person up at that hour. And I know only one neighbor well enough to have a phone number. A couple of others I’d go over to their house in an emergency during the day, but at 2 am? Not a chance.</p>
<p>It sounds like this truck is very distinctive so the awake neighbor saw it drive off after hearing a commotion. You don’t drive off for no reason, after hitting something so neighbor called the police, likely thinking kid+car=accident+2 a.m.=possible drunk driving. Kid isn’t telling the whole story-neighbor likely heard the voices of whoever was there and knows whether there even WAS a girl involved. Police rarely give up information that is “need to know”.</p>
<p>While I don’t want drunk drivers getting way with anything-there have been 2 terrible accidents just in the last year involving repeat offenders killing someone-I don’t think this kid should be thrown to the wolves. Get him legal advice and take away his keys, possibly explore AA and given this happened with the older son as well, take a look at the attitudes about alcohol in the family.</p>
<p>I’m with the ones who would call the police. I’m not that anxious to play First Responder.</p>
<p>I agree with AA and exploring alcohol attitudes as well, especially since something similar happened with older S less than 2 years prior. Very important to deal with this. </p>
<p>I am waiting for OP to come back.</p>