don't take this the wrong way - but I would have thought that you looked big enough to cause a reasonable-size dent in the average japanese car bonnet. Therefore worth avoiding contact.
But I bet you ran a bit faster for the next few minutes!
Camera pointed at number plate can work wonders.
I might be big enough to cause a reasonable-sized dent in the average Japanese car bonnet, but big hulking 4WDs are a different matter.