I WOULD like to express my thanks to the cowardly individual who on November 5 at about 2.15pm, in Crossley Road, Thatto Heath drove into the rear of my son's Astra and then disappeared without looking for the owner and "fessing up".

There may be a reason: they didn't know of the damage? They were a young driver who panicked? Or they were an elderly driver in fear of losing his licence...via referral to the DVLA.

Whatever the reason, what goes around tends to come around. Maybe they will make the correct gesture and offer to pay for the damage, which runs into a considerable amount.

Mike Francis, Derbyshire Hill