something doesn't seem quite right with this story. Wouldn't your bro have taken down the number the moment he noticed it could be the same car? If he gave you the finger, why isn't there any type of description of the driver? Surely you'd be posting everything you can to catch the guy.

It is now 20.28 in the UK and I have a baby who needs feeding every four hours... I have given the police a statement on what the driver looks like - perhaps you misunderstood me but the moment my brother texted me saying he had seen the car, he said he was going to get the plate for me, which he just has. The police now have a statement with what the guy looked like, what the passenger looked like, and a number plate. In the UK it is dark now by 4pm which is around when the accident happened, hence the reason I didn't get a plate, and I was also upset as anyone would be if they had to scoop a pretty much lifeless puppy up out of the road on a chilly night. I respect you have your doubts, but a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and I would kindly suggest you do not make your uncertainty about the valid-ness of my post on the thread itself.

Edit: You've edited your story so I have responded to the bits you've edited. The mudflap is a cheaply made, badly scuffed... thing. It looks like it is only held on with two small pop rivets. One of the holes for the rivet is torn and the other one has popped off. I doubt the guy would of noticed that something had fallen off his car having just heard the bump of hitting a pup. People do things for reasons unknown! My fiance, for example, thinks its funny to drive faster towards rabbits sat in the middle of the road in the country roads around us (rabbits are vermin here.) He would never hit one on purpose which I think distinguishes scumbags from nice people. I'm sorry if the creditably of my superbly dramatic post is troubling you.