He doesn’t have license, insurance or registration and isn’t off the hook

Q. Dear Honk: I was recently in a fender-bender accident and the person who hit me did not have a valid license or insurance or any ID at all. I called police, who ran the plate number to help with an ID. It turns out the vehicle wasn’t registered, either. According to officers, they were legally not allowed to cite the driver at all because they didn’t see him driving. It didn’t matter that the other driver admitted that he was driving. Is this really true? I asked an officer