I got in a car accident today (vent).(update post 35)

[WalkingWolf]

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Beak for once I agree with you, if he is backing he is at fault. The damage makes it very clear whether he was moving or not. I do not know any insurance adjuster who would not be able to tell by looking at the door, let alone a trained officer. Unless it was a public parking lot he cannot be written a ticket, school parking lot is debatable. With damage of $2100 the insurance companies will probably insist on a report. Depending on the state property damage over a specified amount requires a report and a ticket can be written for that private property or not, if one is not filed within the specified time.

 

[first time farmer]

She hit me yes i was backing up but i was half way out of the spot so i do not know why she didnt stop. There wasnt any room for her to get around me anyway. So it really isnt my fault. The insurance componies(sp) proved it wasnt my fault.

 

[silkiechicken]

Pfft. Get the police and insurance in on it from your side and don't hand over a penny. Regardless of fault, deal with it though insurance so you have a paper trail and no he said she said junk. Hit and run in a parking lot smashed in the rear quarter panel about 6 inches deep and 18 inches long on my Lexus and it wasn't 2100 to fix the dent and paint the rear quarter panel and bumper. Sorry, I still carry anger for the slob who some how managed to put that huge of a dent into the car in a parking lot and didn't even leave a note!

 

[first time farmer]

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They are involved now. I aint going to give them anything anyway because 1 its not my fault 2 i dont have 2100 and 3 these people are trying to drain me of money.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

MY DH had an accident a few years ago. He was backing out of a resturant. He was driving his big rig. This drunk who was driving without his lights on hit the rig in the middle of the back of the cab. My DH and his partner got out and helped this drunk get out of the car. He reeked of alchol and had open bottles in the car. He was so drunk he didn't even know he had hit something. He left his teeth in the steering wheel. The cops came and took a report .The guy went to hospital but they failed to do a blood alchol test. DH had to go to court as the guy decided to sue DH company and the sucker won because the hospital didnt do the blood alchol test. The judge said DH was backing out and didn't have the vehicle under control. Of course this happened in a small town and the drunk knew the cops and judge.

 

[NRacine]

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They are involved now. I aint going to give them anything anyway because 1 its not my fault 2 i dont have 2100 and 3 these people are trying to drain me of money.

Darn tootin! You pay all this money for insurance, it's their job to sort it out. That girl's dad sounds like a real something-or-other.

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

If you didn't see her, how do you know (per your first post) that she pulled out of a spot 100 yards away?

I was backing out of my spot and a girl (never seen her at school before but she is a student.) pulled out of a spot about 100 yards away.

I didnt see her coming.​

 

[first time farmer]

Well I saw her 100 yards away but didnt see her speeding and going around me

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

You knew she was coming. You were in just as much of a hurry as she was. You were indeed at fault, now that we have the "whole story" AND you've changed yours.

 

[first time farmer]

Well the insurance compony has decided that i am not at fault. If you saw some one backing out of a spot 100 yards away in a parking lot and you were going to back out would you back out? 100 yards is pretty long