I Was Hoping I Could Just Talk to Him. Watch the following dialogue,paying attention to the underlined parts,and then role-play it with your partner. Driver: Excuse me, officers. 1 was wondering if you could help me out with something real quick. Sorry to bug you. Some kid just hit my car... took the mirror right off. I got his license plate before he left. I was hoping I could just talk to him, maybe get him to do the right thing. I can’t afford another insurance hike. I mean,unless you ffliys want me to fill out a report... I can do it. Officer: No, no, no. It's fine. Let me, uh...see what I come up with. Driver;! really appreciate it, guys. I literally just got this car. It’s warm,huh? Officer: Okay. Got a phone number. Is that good enough? Driver: Absolutely. I think I can handle it from here. You guys have a good one, all right? Thank you.