My wild and crazy day

[Fat_Bulldog]

That sounds rough.

I had a huge, huge, HUGE overreaction by somebody else I dinged once going into the Galleria. In reality, I had barely bumped that and there was, in fact, damage to my car and none to the other driver's (a spherical metal tow-hitch let a little imprint in my front bumper), but she still jumped out, ran over to my car, hit the top of it with her hand and screamed "GET OUT OF THE [expletive] CAR!!!"

People are just strange. That's the lesson in all of this.

I've been into a couple of little fender benders and have always been surprised at how nice everyone was. I once rear-ended an old lady during an ice storm and she said if she had to get in an accident she couldn't have found a nicer person to hit her car. She even sat in my jeep while we traded information. Her husband showed up and was a nice fellow as well.

[lukethedrifter]

That sounds rough.

I had a huge, huge, HUGE overreaction by somebody else I dinged once going into the Galleria. In reality, I had barely bumped that and there was, in fact, damage to my car and none to the other driver's (a spherical metal tow-hitch let a little imprint in my front bumper), but she still jumped out, ran over to my car, hit the top of it with her hand and screamed "GET OUT OF THE [expletive] CAR!!!"

People are just strange. That's the lesson in all of this.

I've been into a couple of little fender benders and have always been surprised at how nice everyone was. I once rear-ended an old lady during an ice storm and she said if she had to get in an accident she couldn't have found a nicer person to hit her car. She even sat in my jeep while we traded information. Her husband showed up and was a nice fellow as well.

Did you end up marrying her?

[Fat_Bulldog]

That sounds rough.

I had a huge, huge, HUGE overreaction by somebody else I dinged once going into the Galleria. In reality, I had barely bumped that and there was, in fact, damage to my car and none to the other driver's (a spherical metal tow-hitch let a little imprint in my front bumper), but she still jumped out, ran over to my car, hit the top of it with her hand and screamed "GET OUT OF THE [expletive] CAR!!!"

People are just strange. That's the lesson in all of this.

I've been into a couple of little fender benders and have always been surprised at how nice everyone was. I once rear-ended an old lady during an ice storm and she said if she had to get in an accident she couldn't have found a nicer person to hit her car. She even sat in my jeep while we traded information. Her husband showed up and was a nice fellow as well.

Did you end up marrying her?

No. I just let her diddle my fun pants for a while.

[heyzeus]

That sounds rough.

I had a huge, huge, HUGE overreaction by somebody else I dinged once going into the Galleria. In reality, I had barely bumped that and there was, in fact, damage to my car and none to the other driver's (a spherical metal tow-hitch let a little imprint in my front bumper), but she still jumped out, ran over to my car, hit the top of it with her hand and screamed "GET OUT OF THE [expletive] CAR!!!"

People are just strange. That's the lesson in all of this.

I've been into a couple of little fender benders and have always been surprised at how nice everyone was. I once rear-ended an old lady during an ice storm and she said if she had to get in an accident she couldn't have found a nicer person to hit her car. She even sat in my jeep while we traded information. Her husband showed up and was a nice fellow as well.

Where did you hide the bodies?

[sparks]

I had a high school age girl hit my truck at a 4 way stop. It was her fault since she didn't stop at all. I had a witness who gave me their business card and told me to call if I needed a witness. She had a lot of damage to one fender of her car, I had a beater of a truck and didn't really care about the damage I had. I told her not to worry about my truck and off we went.

The girl goes home tells her parents that I hit her, they go to the police, the police put a warrant out for my arrest. The police just called me and told me to come and fill out a report and then our insurance companies can battle it out.

I told the girls parents that she hit me and that I had a witness. The girl confessed, I got my beater truck fixed even though it wasn't worth getting fixed.

I learned to get insurance, license info no matter what.

[Maclowery]

I hydroplaned a few years back and bumped the car in front of me. I was going about five miles an hour, maybe, when I hit her. No visible damage to her flawless Lexus. My 1500 dollar, 160,000 mile Accord had its front something-or-other bent back a bit. Anyway, lady was fine, we talked, I explained what happened. Next thing I know she's on her cell talking to her husband. Then later on she's carried off in a stretcher because her neck hurt. Thing is, she said she wasn't hurt when I first talked to her. She sued me for 50,000 dollars. One of those douche lawyers you see on TV interviewed me; the legal language they used described my violent attack on her person. Anyway, it was a huge cluster of crap, and she eventually got a bucket of money out of State Farm.

So, in the future, if I'm ever hit by someone, holy crap am I grabbing the hell out of my neck and crying. Screw this ridiculous legal system.

[cardinalkarp]

I hydroplaned a few years back and bumped the car in front of me. I was going about five miles an hour, maybe, when I hit her. No visible damage to her flawless Lexus. My 1500 dollar, 160,000 mile Accord had its front something-or-other bent back a bit. Anyway, lady was fine, we talked, I explained what happened. Next thing I know she's on her cell talking to her husband. Then later on she's carried off in a stretcher because her neck hurt. Thing is, she said she wasn't hurt when I first talked to her. She sued me for 50,000 dollars. One of those douche lawyers you see on TV interviewed me; the legal language they used described my violent attack on her person. Anyway, it was a huge cluster of crap, and she eventually got a bucket of money out of State Farm.

So, in the future, if I'm ever hit by someone, holy crap am I grabbing the hell out of my neck and crying. Screw this ridiculous legal system.

Your insurance company just paid for her brand new Lexus.

[cards2468]

The insurance company called me and kept asking if I was hurt at all. I said no and they asked for the story, which I told them what I described here and they said the story made much more sense now. It looks like I'm the only witness to give my information to the police officer. Hopefully that helps out my friend.

[JCShutout]

I had a kid try to leave before calling the police once (I didn't care about the small bump, he hit me), so I took his info, then made him write and sign a letter stating he was at fault (name matched his licence).

Was about a year ago. I still have the letter.

[lukethedrifter]

I can tell you that, at least in the city, the police will not assign blame unless it is clearly obvious who is at fault. They almost always make a neutral accident report and leave it to the insurance co.s to figure out who owes whom.