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Alex M
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in april of 2007 i was 19 years old living in australia, and had been living there for 4 years with my family under a temporary visa (a 451). Im a us citizen and was moving back here in just under a month. My quesiton is, i was out on a pub crawl in the city, celebrating with my freinds as i was leaving in a couple months. I was a little drunk, maybe more, and a friend and i were in a cab and he payed and i open the door and a bus promptly hit it. Now we were pulled over on the side of a typical downtown busy street. The bus mangled the door quite badly and i was al ittle shocked. There was a cop across the street doing patrol and he came over, asked what happened. I told him everytihng, i opened the door (without looking) and boom. So the cab drive, police man, and i are discussing what happened, the cop writing it down. After this is done the cops asks me to sign my statement, and before i do i ask what am i signing? This isnt my liability, it cant be? The cop assures me that its just a statement, the cabs insurance company will cover it. So, a little drunk, i sign it and go on my way.
So, a week a later i get a letter in the mail, from the cabs insurance company saying i owe them 3750 $ for the door AND on top of that, the police sent me a ticket for 275$ for endangering the public. I was angry about all of this, i felt duped and misled.
So, as i was leaving the country in another week or so, my parents said screw it, lets just leave and we did. We had mail forwarded to a friends place in australia, and then hed send it to us. In these packages of mail there were warnings of my failure to appear and my bench warrant(?) or something?
My question is, now its been over a year and a half, and my sister and friends still live down there and id love to go back, but obviously im scared, as i dont want to get arrested. Am i doomed? is there a statute of limitations? is the only way to go back is to go to court? if anyone has any informations id love to hear it. Thanks a lot.
So, a week a later i get a letter in the mail, from the cabs insurance company saying i owe them 3750 $ for the door AND on top of that, the police sent me a ticket for 275$ for endangering the public. I was angry about all of this, i felt duped and misled.
So, as i was leaving the country in another week or so, my parents said screw it, lets just leave and we did. We had mail forwarded to a friends place in australia, and then hed send it to us. In these packages of mail there were warnings of my failure to appear and my bench warrant(?) or something?
My question is, now its been over a year and a half, and my sister and friends still live down there and id love to go back, but obviously im scared, as i dont want to get arrested. Am i doomed? is there a statute of limitations? is the only way to go back is to go to court? if anyone has any informations id love to hear it. Thanks a lot.