Sirius took a hit a few weeks ago (still burns me up
). Wife was parked at the market and was just about to get out of the car when some lady in an old Escort (or something like) who was paying more attention to her grandchildren than driving nailed the left rear quarter panel, bounced off the tire, and rebounded into the left passenger door. Kim was NOT happy.
The glare in the pictures makes it a little hard to see, but she left a lot of white on my car. Most of it washed off other than a few minor scrapes. No dents, tears, cracks, etc. Still pisses me off, but I’m beginning to get over it.
OK, so here’s some facts;
As Kim was getting the woman’s insurance information she could see the date on her card…2007.
The incident occurred on private property (grocery store), and the cops were not called.
Kim was IN her car, but it was not running when she got hit. A few seconds later and she would have been OUT of the car and possibly been hit herself.
The other driver was a grandma with her grandkids, and was distracted. Grandchildren ranged from about 3-4 yrs to about 10 or so. They were all very apologetic.
The other car was a 2000ish Escort that looked like it hadn’t been washed since it was new.
Circumstantial observations/assumptions;
The other driver’s handwriting makes me suspect something was amiss. It wasn’t sloppy, but looked “jittery” – like she had the shakes. Kim thinks she was just nervous…since Utah is the capitol of prescription drug abuse I, being the cynic I am, lean toward being hepped up on some sort of goofball.
Kim’s intuition told her this other woman came from a stressed family. I know that’s a WAG on her part, but she’s right about these kind of things more often than I care to admit.
So, given that limited background data, what would you have done and why? There is no right answer to the question, I’m just interested in your reaction.
Officer didn't even tell me about it, just accepted it both times. I didn't notice until later. But I've had the same insurance policy number on my car since I got it in 1999, so any proof of insurance document from me has the right insurance carrier and policy number on it, at least. I hope that's the same deal with the grandmother who hit your car.
