text: Hit and Run drivers do exist. On the website "newsroom. aaa. com" they claimed that," Hit-and-Runs deaths in the US have increased an average of 7.2 percent each year since 2009." The cameras on phones allow for drivers to take pictures of license plate numbers. In the past year its been reported that the percentage from 8% to 12% and those where from how many Hit-and-Runs where caught in only 2019.