You are being way too trusting. She is at fault for darting past. YOU should make a claim. It is a matter of education, not fair play. If you let it slide she will only learn to abuse things again. Just my .02 cents. William Subject: Parking lot encounter
> This past Saturday I was at a grocery store and had a slight encounter > with a Hispanic lady in a Nissan Sentra. > When I was backing out she tried to bullet past me and she caught my > drivers side bumper and end cap with her bumper. > We stopped up traffic real good while I penciled in all of my information > and showed her my insurance card and drivers license so she could compare > them to the information I had given her. > She then refused to give me any information at all on her insurance, > drivers license etc. > The damages were very minor to my Westy and her vehicle showed no signs > of bumper damage, although it had totally crushed the internal Styrofoam > or plastic structure below the urethane bumper covering. (I checked by > pressing the bumper in, while she wasn't looking, and it depressed in and > popped out looking OK). > I insisted that she give me her insurance information and I became so > insistent that she called for the police. > The officer was mucho put out that he had been called to such a minor > event. > He took all of her information down on a tipple accident form and handed > the whole set of originals and copies to me. He gave her a good scolding > for refusing to provide the information that is required by law in Texas. > Since she has three vehicles on her insurance policy this little accident > will (if she reports it) cost her an extra $500.00 per year in premiums > for three years. > As for me, I'm going to hammer out my bumper and install a new end cap. > No big deal. > However If she reports it and claims any bodily injury (Flames A Coming) > as most Hispanics do I can develop the same bodily injury symptoms myself > in less than twenty four hours. In addition I'll be getting a new $500.00 > bumper and $260.00 labor to have it installed. > Who was at fault? > Both of us. > Me for not watching better and her for trying to bullet past a car > backing up. > > Stan Wilder > 1983 Westfalia Air Cooled > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > |
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