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Tuesday before last, my wife was in an accident in Grapevine (Original Thread Here). When she went to the police station to make a report, the officer she spoke to (who later confirmed it to my personally) advised her to use the self-reporting form. His explanation was that, if the police take the report, then under Texas law, the accident goes on my wife's driving record; but that if she self-files the report, then it doesn't. I assume that is correct information. In any case, that may be what the officer in question in your case was trying to convey.