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When you say "filed a police report", do you mean you filed charges against him? Because it would basically be a citizen's complaint. I speak from experience because I've taken someone to court in the past for careless driving (she backed into my car, and really pissed me off about the whole situation... the complaint was necessary). Speeding would probably not be a possibility, even if the witness claims the guy was going what "appeared" to be fast; no solid proof for that one. With a witness though, you could probably nab the guy for careless too, if the witness' story holds up to it.
Ultimately, let's hope the witness does want to help, because if you do end up nabbing the guy, it may become a long drawn out court process if the guy wants to fight you on it (and getting witnesses into court can be a pain in the ass). If you go to court and the witness does not show, the guy that hit you could claim that there isn't enough evidence to establish what's called a "prima facie" case ("prima facie" means "at first sight" in latin I believe). Basically what that means, is without a witness, you may not have enough proof that what you got (plate #, car type, etc) is really the person you're trying to nab. (A good example... I got a parking ticket squashed in NYC, because I drive a convertible, yet covertible is not an option to select on the ticket. The cop checked off "Sedan". I got out of the parking ticket, because the cop would not have enough evidence to establish a "prima facie" case; it is possible/reasonable doubt that he could have mistakenly taken down my plate # but actually saw a sedan or something parked in the spot.
Hope this makes some sense... I've gone to court over a hit-and-run driver myself before in the past (the guy was also drunk that hit me). I don't how you're going about getting the guy's info, or if the police gave it to you or whatnot, but I know people that could run the plate for you if you'd like. If you want to discuss more of your options for legally nabbing this guy, just let me know.
~Joe
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