Rusty has a point. Do you have uninsured motorist insurance? Trial by jury has a chance to be dismissed solely on the trooper, or the defendant not showing up and you winning by default. If he does show up, he's got no eyewitness account of what he saw happen, only the the fact that the other driver had NO insurance and that he LET HIM GO. Explain that to the judge...Was the other driver lacking 'other' papers? Down here in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, our cops dont impound "their" cars anymore, it is "too hard financially" on them, but it flies with US citizens...unreal.