In early February, I got into a minor fender bender in Houston, TX. The driver at the other vehicle was a 20 year old with a new pickup truck and no insurance. Police happened to be there, and the other driver was deemed at fault – he was the one that hit me. Anyway, the other driver was super nice and turns out he lives 2 blocks away from my house.
I did get my car into a workshop and went through car insurance as I wanted them to make sure the sensors in the back of my car were working. They fixed everything up and that’s it. I forgot about the incident.
Fast forward to now, I got a letter that the driver got his drivers license suspended and has a court hearing, if I wanted to attend. The confusing part is that it’s at Baytown, TX. This is like 1 hour away from where we live. It makes me sick to think this guy might have gotten into trouble because of the accident. He did the right thing by pulling over knowing he had no insurance. If it was due to this accident I want to know if there is any way I can help. Or if it’s best not to get involved. maybe he got into trouble by something else?
Any idea what can I do? Can I do anything to help if it was this accident that caused it? If it was related to my accident, does it even make sense that his court isn’t in Houston?
Location: Texas
Edit to add
Letter is from the texas department of public safety. It says
“This is to inform you that the DPS has issued a suspension order against a person involved in an accident with you and your vehicle. As provided by law, that person had requested a hearing before the court to present argument against the suspension action.
On the reverse side of the notice, you will find the time and place that the hearing is to be held. You are not required by law to attend this hearing; however, it will be beneficial to you or your insurance company to attend as a witness. At the hearing, you may be requested to testify to the facts of the accident.
After hearing arguments from both the plaintiff and defendant, the court hearing officer will make a ruling of a probability of a judgment. Should the hearing officer find no cause for suspension, our file will be closed. If the hearing officer finds probability of a judgment, suspension action will be enforced.”
Comments
There is almost certainly nothing you can do to help.
His license suspension has nothing to do with you, and you have no power over it.
Got a letter from whom? I can’t imagine why the court or whoever would invite you to a hearing for something that has nothing to do with you…. ‘an invitation to attend’ ; what does that even mean?
If it’s on an official letterhead, I’d contact them to ask why I got the letter. I’d be super curious as to who sent the letter, why they sent it, and what their expectations were.
Listen. He decided to drive with no insurance, this is on him. He doesn’t get kuddos for stopping at an accident that he caused while driving illegally. The state is going on the facts, not feelings