If you do not file a report then you are guilty of leaving the scene of an accident. But that is only IF the owner reports it, and they pull the video of it.

At this point, the SAFEST thing would be to file a report JUST IN CASE and say you were in a hurry and left a note but have not heard anything yet. That way you are legally covered and your insurance will cover any claims. It is doubtful if they would check for any videos at that point since you already admitted it. The worse that could happen then is just a standard insurance claim. If nothing is ever reported from the other party, then it will end with no claim.

If they DO report it without you filing a report and check the video, then you WILL have some legal and property damage issues to deal with.

I would play it safe.

Look at distance over time. Jason traveled from 4 to 9. That's 5 hours. You left a number out of your question. You said "Jason drives mph faster than the bad guy." I believer there was supposed to be a number before the mph. Like "Jason drives 30 mph faster than the bad guy." We need that number. Since you didn't give it, I'll go with 30.

Jason travels for 5 hours at a speed of x (speed of the bad guy ) + 30.
Distance = hours * speed
D = 5 * (x+30)

The bad guy travels for 8 hours at a speed of x.
D = 8 * x

Now we have 2 formulas and 2 unknowns. Each unknown requires at least one formula so we can solve now. We know:
D = 5 * (x+30)
D = 8 * x

Lets plug one Distance in for the other. We'll plug the 8*x into the first equation:
8*x = 5*(x+30)
Solve for x:
8 * x = 5 ( x + 30 )
8x = 5x + 150
3x = 150
x = 50

So the bad guy was driving 50mph and Jason was traveling 30mph faster, or 80mph.

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/...
... a driver ... may turn right... shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk....

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/...
"Right-of-way" is the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.

A pedestrian walking * away from you * is not in the "way" in the meaning of "right-of-way" and you can legally make your right turn behind the pedestrian.

If it's at an intersection, then the left-turning driver is 25% at fault and the passing driver is 75% at fault. If it's at a private road or driveway, it's 50/50.

I've heard it also makes a difference if the left-turning driver had his signal on. If so, the passing vehicle shouldn't have been passing and is at more fault. If it didn't, and if the passing car had gained position on it, then the left turning vehicle is at more fault.

Im driving for my first tomorrow.. any tips to help keep me between the lines or really anything?