Yesterday Wasn't My Day

[bricker]

I went to my wife's nephew's house to haul off the old carpet from his recently purchased house. It was pretty tough to do as I was in the middle of kidney stone woes. I completed my task and was walking down the drive to my almost new 2018 F 150 when I saw his neighbor back across the street and into my truck. I rushed (as it were) to the truck and the girl took off at a high rate of speed. The folks in the house had no idea (right !) who it was and did not recognize the car.
I had to call the law and they sent out a State Trooper to investigate. The neighbor's memory suddenly improved and the offending party's name and phone number were remembered. Now to see if the folks make it right....

 

[mdf9183]

Lets hope she has insurance.

 

[soFlaNative]

Hoping you get satisfaction.
Paying the deductible made me feel as if my pocket was being picked.

 

[NYlakesider]

I went to my wife's nephew's house to haul off the old carpet from his recently purchased house. It was pretty tough to do as I was in the middle of kidney stone woes. I completed my task and was walking down the drive to my almost new 2018 F 150 when I saw his neighbor back across the street and into my truck. I rushed (as it were) to the truck and the girl took off at a high rate of speed. The folks in the house had no idea (right !) who it was and did not recognize the car.
I had to call the law and they sent out a State Trooper to investigate. The neighbor's memory suddenly improved and the offending party's name and phone number were remembered. Now to see if the folks make it right....

Looks like you have the law on your side! You now have a police report and I would think also a good case of leaving the scene.

You insurance company should not have a problem getting your car fixed as you were hit by a driver leaving the scene and you were (I assume) legally parked.

I do not live in your state but that how things would work here!

Good luck!

 

[hoc9sw]

Hit and run is an easy way to dive into an abyss of troubles.

 

[bjrjar]

I had a very similar thing happen. My parents’ next door neighbor’s daughter was apparently angry about something as she was leaving his house and accelerated right back into my parked car and smashed the grill. He wanted to help her avoid problems with insurance (which she may not have had) and asked me to get an estimate and he would see that she paid me. I did, she did, but the check she gave me bounced. I told him, he was embarrassed, and saw to it that she made good on it. No insurance claim, no police report, all ok, but a hassle nonetheless.

Bob

 

[gman51]

I had bought a new car and it got a door dinged at a restaurant on the way home from the dealer. Another time at a restaurant a week later it had started a down pouring rain and be danged if someone didn't back into my rear bumper scuffing the paint up really bad. I guess because of the rain they couldn't see clearly so the person backed up till they felt the hit. Then they just left. Kind of takes that new car feeling away.

 

[Alpo]

Leaving the Seine.


I was, maybe, 18. I worked at the bank, and one of my jobs was making runs to one of the other branches. So I'm backing out of the parking lot, and back into Tim's car. Tim was 16, just working there during the summer.


I go back in the bank and find Tim and tell him that I just hit his car. ThatI had to make a run to the other branch, but when I get back we'll take care of it.


He called his insurance company. They told him to call the police. When I got back to the bank they wanted to arrest me for leaving the scene of an accident.


I believe that's when I started to hate insurance companies.

 

[Muley Gil]

I worked a traffic accident once where Driver # 1 was driving east in his two day old new car when he met Driver # 2 driving west in his old beat-up Isuzu Trooper. The left rear wheel and tire came off of the Trooper and hit Driver # 1's grill. IIRC, Driver # 1 had a Lexus. Driver # 2 had no insurance. No one was injured, but needless to say, Driver # 1 was not a happy camper.

 

[arjay]

Pop did that in his late 70s,never said a word til his friends called my mother about it and, of course,it had been her new car! and that was the last of his driving adventures..

 

[Eddietruett]

My stepson was driving his mothers car and got maybe 100 yards from her house when he got sideswiped by a guy running from the cops. It was her next door neighbor of all people! Was drunk or drugged, and of course had no insurance. She had uninsured motorist insurance and her insurance company promptly fixed her car since it was obvious he was not going to be able to. To top it off, her insurance company raised her rates because they paid for her damage. She argued with them for almost 6 months and had to get a lawyer to threaten to sue the insurance company before they backed off and lowered her rates to where they should have been.

 

[usmc2427765]

My wife grandad once said " people are no damn good".

 

[pantannojack]

Not a laughing matter

Not to repeat a speech: I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I have had 4 kidney stones over 25 years. Have a kidney stone? NO Thanks, I just had one.

 

[kennethg]

A few years ago hit & run accidents did not seem to be that common. Now it seems to be a rare and pleasant occurrence when all drivers remain at the accident scene. Just a sign of our declining society.

 

[sureshotbob]

Back in 1973 I was driving my 3 day old brand Dodge Challenger Rally Sport. I was sitting at a 3 way traffic light .
There was also a cop directing traffic for some reason.

Out of the blue I hear tires screeching and see the cop running out of the intersection. A 1966 Chevy flew through the intersection hitting me on the drivers side from the front to the rear of the car.

The driver kept going but the cop happened to recognize him luckily. A short while latter the cops found him and he was drunk as a skunk and had no insurance.

Buy the way this happened on Friday the 13th.

 

[M29since14]

Memory suddenly improved, eh? What great neighbors...

Sorry for the bad luck, and hope the kidney stone situation gets better quickly.

 

[joeintexas]

Them leaving the scene tells me they had neither insurance or morals. Good luck with this one.

 

[Tex1001]

Back in '74 I was still a LEO. I was driving past a group of bicycling girls when one curves across right in front of me. She goes over the trunk and my windshield and lands hard. People come outside when they hear the ruckus. I go into lawman mode and yell to call police. Girl insists she is all right and says it's her fault, wants to get up and leave. I insist that she stay where she landed.
Get this:
One of the bystanders keeps insisting that I leave the scene and "Forget it".
I show her badge and ID and tell her to clam up. She goes pale and leaves. Girl sticks to her story and declines treatment. DPD officer is a friend. Takes facts for report and tells me OK to leave.
1 day later I call girls parents to verify that she's OK.
Girl's father says she's just sore, tells me that it was her fault, and asks if I want him to sign a release of liability.
We forget the whole thing.
Girl and her family had true class.

 

[gjgalligan]

I worked a traffic accident once where Driver # 1 was driving east in his two day old new car when he met Driver # 2 driving west in his old beat-up Isuzu Trooper. The left rear wheel and tire came off of the Trooper and hit Driver # 1's grill. IIRC, Driver # 1 had a Lexus. Driver # 2 had no insurance. No one was injured, but needless to say, Driver # 1 was not a happy camper.

Around here driver 1 is the "at fault" driver. At least that is the way I was taught to write reports.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Around here driver 1 is the "at fault" driver. At least that is the way I was taught to write reports.

Same here. First thing I look for in evaluating a potential case. Even though it is not entirely dispositive of the fault issue, it DO set the tone.