To think it was not an overreaction to call the police?

This all sounds very dramatic and I think you overreacted. Yes she has scuffs/bruises but he’s not run over her foot. You sound quite neurotic and it will
pass down to your DD.

Just a little note, aside from you being an absolute dick to the OP, that if you’re a driver, it’s fully your responsibility to make sure that nobody is around you when you begin to drive. Hope that helps.

Should have called the non-emergency number rather than 999. But I gather everyone and their dug has already said so to OP, who responded by shoving her fingers in her ears and singing ♩LA LA LA LA LA ♩

How do you think the police form a 'reasonable suspicion' that someone might be drink or drug driving, or have no licence or insurance? Magic? Picking out every fiftieth car they see at random and testing the driver? Playing 'yellow car' perhaps?

They receive reports of poorly behaved motorists - let's say someone who drives very carelessly and then gets belligerent about it - and start there.

It doesn't need to be a targeted attack to be a criminal offence, and it would be pretty difficult for careless driving to be a deliberate attack by the very nature of the offence....

i think you did absolutely the right thing. If he was refusing to give details because he was drunk or under the influence then it DOES need 999 as he could drive off and hurt someone else. Very suspicious he was mouthing off and refusing to give details

That memo must have not got to the part of Manchester I live in - we’re still reporting crimes to the police in my area!

The Police control room would have graded the response on the basis of the facts provided. A 999 call does not guarantee an emergency response. So the operator clearly thought it appropriate to dispatch officers quickly.
Not providing details or being uncooperative following an injury accident is not normal behaviour. The Police would have carried out checks on the other driver. They also may have potentially needed to breathalyse him. The child may yet potentially have injuries not yet known about. The driver may yet be interviewed under caution. The Police made CCTV enquiries which the mother would not have been able to do. Potential evidence could have been lost without Police attending.
The mother wasn’t over reacting. Resources are stretched but in these circumstances the response was appropriate.

What a bizarre post. Were you there?

Oh you’re sooo clever!
You should look into writing novels.
Or maybe short stories.
Or perhaps limericks.
You could start with bathroom walls.

Yes this exactly @WiggyPig

This thread is bonkers. Completely agree with @kierenthecommunity and @PCAMA that it was a police matter.

• there was a crime in progress - careless driving, a s.170 RTA, possible other driving offences, and depending on the nature of the "mouthing off" a public order offence
• if he's driving so carelessly that he goes from stationary to running over a child's foot / scraping his wheel along her foot then does he have a licence / insurance and is he drunk or high
• if the police attend they can breathalyse / drug wipe him
• if he just drives away he can wait for the letter and then deny he was driving (loss of evidence) and he potentially puts many others at risk if his shit driving is down to no licence or being intoxicated
• OP at that stage knew her daughter wasn't missing a limb but probably didn't know whether the bruising indicated a fracture or not

OP you did the right thing, my cousin had her foot run over many years ago. She was training to be a midwife at the time and needed a year off studies. She needed the police records to support lots of medical support and financial. You had no idea how this was going to play out. Lucky nothing broken. You did absolutely the right thing. Well done for quick thinking and being firm with what you knew was right!

Mine never had an issue because we were always there to stop the door opening too far! Why risk it? Parents who don’t check probably aren’t aware of damage their children may have caused to other cars. In this case, based on updates it sounds like the child walked around an open door.

It was and you were. I hope the many ignorant people saying it wasn’t a 999 issue or wasn’t a crime, or he didn’t actually run over her foot, and all that other nonsense, don’t make you feel your actions were unjustified. Listen to the call handler who has actual training in what is or isn’t a 999 matter!

Have you tried to call that number? They don't answer.

A crime doesn’t have to be done deliberately, it’s still a crime. And shaming the OP “for not looking after their child properly” is wild. Hope I’m never parked next to you.

Those saying you shouldn't call 999 unless it's an emergency.. have you ever tried to call a police non emergency number? They just don't answer. Let them decide how important it is, if they have more important things to attend to, they would go to them first. Services are bad, but colluding with that fact by not accessing these services isn't going to help them get more funding. It reminds me of being in Manchester where no one reports anything to the police because 'they won't do anything' well let them decide, the crime needs to be reported for statistical purposes. If this fucker drives off when there is a kid next to his car, it needs to be on his record.

I’ve been told by the police after calling the non-emergency number that if the crime or potential crime is still in progress, to call 999. You don’t call for an ambulance for a minor injury but the same doesn’t necessarily apply to fire or police.

He didn't. If he had her foot would be broken. It sounds as though the edge of the wheel scraped her foot. Still scary for a child of course.

Don’t worry about it.

Whilst you are keeping the police busy, there’s less of them available to harass women who believe in science and are harassed by the law for thinking someone with a penis is a man.

You one hundred percent did the right thing. Something happened to me when out with my two children once (prefer not to go into loads of details but DS then 6 was hurt by a member of the public - but not to the extent that it was a medical emergency). I went into shock and my instinct was to just get my children away from the situation/individual as they were intimidating and my son was scared (also had DS2 who was only 1 at the time) so I got the kids away asap but then called the non emergency police number shortly after. It was a complete waste of time calling 101, they came around about a week later were totally unhelpful and told me I should've rang 999 at the time. DS was fine by then and had started to forget the incident so we decided to all just put it behind us. I've always felt guilty though and that I had somehow under reacted by not calling 999 and therefore not protected my child enough or could've handled it better.

In my opinion you did exactly the right thing.

I suffer PTSD type of trauma.
I think that a car running over your foot is a traumatic event for a child.

OP you 100% did the right thing in the moment.
He clearly ran over her foot and would have known.

Your husband is a moron.
Do not doubt yourself.

You would have been able to get a call through to the police and not tie up a very important emergency line / resources?

You can’t escalate much more than dialling 999