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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast
Why make an already bad situation worse? If the guy wasn't being belligerent and rude then there is no reason to worsen an already bad situation.
When this girl and I side swiped each other we pulled into a lot and I immediately made sure she was ok. Other then the fact we were both startled everything was fine.
I hope that if I get into an accident that is entirely my fault that the other person treats me with the same respect I would give someone else. I always see on this forum people who are more concerned about getting revenge than having respect for the common man. Humans are fallible creatures.
Now if he was being a jerk about it then return the favor  but otherwise get all of the important information and move on with your life. |
FWIW I had my SDL hit a few years back - 6k of damage and it was not totaled. I simply told the insurance adjuster - "NO". If they even hinted - tough -NO. Fix it. I was nice but firm - I wanted my car back.
They did fix it and went after the other parties insurance company.
I was also pleasant to the kid who did it. He was a 17 year old kid on his way to work. He made a left right into the right side of my car. Guess what he was doing when he hit me? If you guessed texting you win!
Any way, he looked like he was going to cry when he got out of his nearly totaled VW. I told him to call his parents while we waited for the police.
I drove my car away from the accident and had it on its way to being fixed two days later.
One down side - my insurance card had expired two days previous and I had not put the new one in my car yet - cost me $20 for that.