You're walking to your car after work. Cars are parked in diagonal spots, and this woman is doing something on the passenger side of the car to the left of yours. She opens her door, smashing her passenger door into your front fender that the noise can be heard the ~30 feet or so away. She notices she did this, looking at it for a moment, and does it again.

You reach for your smartphone, start the video recorder. She gets into her car, pulls out quickly, until she notices the phone in your hand. She stops to confront you.

What do you do?

(yes, she's older, and rather hideous looking)

ETA: I went with "get insurance info", but stopped the recording to get pictures of the damage with her car in the same photo. Then started audio, although I have not listened to that, perhaps it even caught her admission of doing it. During the conversation, she was like "look at my car, everyone does it to my car too!" I told her the difference is that she got caught. They didn't. I had her info already, so I let her have her tantrum - it would put two-year-olds to shame.

 

Be like yes bish you are on film. Insurance info NOW!

 

Tell her I got her plate # and will be hearing from my attorney or insurance company.

 

 

Call the police, I think the insurance company will want a police report.

 

It's happen to me before and it was a week after i got my fresh paint job

 

it's the same as "property damage" and "hit and run" if she were to leave the scene. SOOOOO glad you caught her!!
I voted for the insurance ... but I would call the police too!

 

As much as I agree with this, sadly in some areas they wont come out unless there's $500 worth of damage or more.

 

^^^ I got over a grand for small scratches on the rear quarter, so running up the bill really isn't an issue.

Always call the cops, if for no other reason than that they will remember being there and can be forced to help if the other person claims that it never happened.

 

I would get the license, insurance and all the info I could first. Then I would call the cops and see if they would come, which is questionable.

 

In all honesty, I come from a place where cops won't come for something like that. Only injuries. On the other hand, here in northern Virginia people block lanes of traffic for fender benders for an hour or more waiting for the cops to show up, hoping they'll do their csi **** or something.

 

pics of the damage? I think you did what I would do

 

i would also write a statement and have her sign it too. you dont want the bish to turn around and tell insurance she has no clue wtf u talkin about

 

i would be breaking peoples noses. I already did it once.

 

OH NOES NOT AGAIN PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

 

***** her out, call cops, get insurance info, tell her she a fat pos and to have a nice day

 

Damn she must of been having a bad day.....

 

the option i would have chosen is not there i would pull out my kets and dent her car right back!


honestly i would take pictures, get her insurance, name, all that crap, then call the cops if nothing happens and your whip doesnt get fixed i find her house in the middle of the night and bash HUGE dents in her car

 

+1000 Yes, most definitely the insurance co. will want this report before they do anything... been there, done that!

 

shoot her in both kneecaps so that when she goes to give a *******, she has a hard time kneeling, so instead of kneeling she sits in a kiddie chair

 

I rearended a lady a few years back with no visual damage.... therefor no police report. Then a few months later I renew my insurance and they paid out $780 in repairs on her car, I wasnt even notified that they were paying her. I guess it depends on the insurance company.

 

i would beat the hoe with a stick afterwards plant the weapon on her then call the cops and say she went psycho and did that to herself i got video.. if they ask why didnt you recorded when she beating herself, say your phone died.

 

There are some violent people on this forum. It's a car for cripes sake! I guess some of you didn't get enough hugs from mommy and daddy growing up. Geesh

 

no we didnt get money from mommy and daddy and ITS NOT JUST A CAR!!!!
its a maxima

 

LOL we work hard to keep a cars clean, mechanically sound, audio crystal clear and the body free of dents when you get random people ucking up your car out of spite.you'd wanna smack fire outta someone too

 

hugs<>money and I said it was "a car" not, in your words, "just a car". Reading comprehension FAIL.
1. I, myself, am an automotive enthusiast and would be angry if someone was this selfish.
2. The woman wasn't doing it out of spite, but rather ignorance.
3. Being upset about a situation and dealing with it like an adult is a far cry from being an internet thug and advocating senseless, psychopathic thoughts on a public forum.

 

This subject is being taken way to seriously... There are many types of people in this world. One that is a bit more common than others is the kind that can get on here and "say" what they "would" do... Truth be told, they couldnt actually bring themselves to beat down an old woman. At least over a car beloved or not.

Now back on Topic::::: the policy probably would not show up. I have found that in parking lots, the police consider it private property at which time it becomes between you and the other party. So in reality what you did was probably the correct method. (Too bad you didnt record her temper tantrum... coulda made a great youtube video)

 

"There may be a recording. Should this go to court it may be subject to discovery." Was what I disclosed to her and my insurance company. It's up to her and her insurance if they want to go there. When it's public record, it'll be on youtube, although i think the audio is the damning part if it's clear enough. I had to shut the video off to take pictures.

As far as violence goes, I feel for ya, I can recite every major scratch and ding on the vehicle from memory. Let that person be miserable in their own skin.

 

 

Am I the only one that doesn't see a video here, this thread sucks.

 

 

Yes, you've captured my quote.

 

post video n audio lol

 

I'd have asked for license and insurance and once I got that I would've been ringing 911. It would have jacked that junkies day up!

 

My insurance requires a police report to make a claim for theft, vandalism or accident.

 

 

I've gotten into it with people over this before.

Actually got some guy to pony up $50 for buffing/waxing the door he hit after I threatened to call the cops and file an insurance claim.

People just don't give a damn. Personally, I try my hardest to make sure I don't bang my door into other peoples' cars when I get out of mine, which can be tough in the G...(See: Doors that are one mile long). But to some (most) people, a car is just an object of transportation that you dump off in a few years for a newer model.

I'd do as others have suggested, and file an insurance claim. Let the adjuster look at it, and then at her car. If you have an audio confession, that should be nearly as good as a police report.

 

One thing I have learned that has helped reduce the dings in my car is 2 options... The nice car theory,, Park next to other nice vehicles. People with nice vehicals typically have more respect for other nice cars and will be more carefull. Or just park in the back of the lot... granted never fails.. Some dip S*** will still park next to you no matter hwere you park

 

This. I can't count the number of times I've parked way out in BFE in a store's parking lot, and sure as ever, as I'm getting out of my car, someone will roll up right next to me.

Like...really? Come on, now. I'm out away from everyone else for a reason.

 

Same thing happens to me. Some kind of primordial pack behavior? It still lessens the chances. Plus, being away, or uphill, from the carriage corrals is another habit I've gotten into. Though very few people put the carts back where they're suppose to be anyway. What are you gonna do?