Sorry to hear that your car got wrecked. At least you are allright, and it sounds like the overall damage won't be that bad. You'll have her back on the road in no time.
Figures about the "police." Since you aren't going to generate any revenue, they don't want anything to do with you. It only proves that they exist only for the sake of extorting money from the citizenship.
I don't have much use for 'em.