Re: How to improve AI training in one easy step
Technically, you have to give them your name, registration, and, only if you are not the registered keeper of the car, your address. I am the registered keeper of the car, so didn't have to (and refused to) provide my address to the scammer. I'm glad I didn't, because their aggressive demeanour almost certainly meant that I would get bombarded by fake legal letters demanding money.
Also, you know, if no collision has occurred (in this case, it was a very near miss, because the scammer was using a vehicle deliberately parked right to the edge of a small parking space), you don't have to provide anything at all.
There were a number of things that were "hinky" about this scam; firstly the person who approached me after parking claimed to be "a friend" of the driver of the other car; secondly, my wife heard him, and his companion, laughing as we walked away, and thirdly, the way they came chasing after me and tried to block our exit, when we went to leave some minutes later (we'd stopped at motorway services to use the toilets), but the actual owner of the car next to us was nowhere to be seen. Finally, my wife (who was sat on the passenger side of the car, where the collision allegedly occurred) actually works for the police, and is aware of such scams.
I provided him with all the required details, ensured that he had taken a picture of my registration plate, and then when the letter came from the police (six months later!) I double checked the authenticity (as I said, it was a shitty photocopy which itself looked dodgy), and then phoned my insurance company to ask if any claim had been made against my policy, which it hadn't. Again, dodgy, because if someone drives into you and damages your car, the first thing you'd do is claim against their insurance.
There were so many warning signs, that there was no way I was giving this guy my address, let alone my phone number, and the copper I spoke to when the whole things was sorted out agreed with this assessment.