Got hit in my truck today
Story Time people, gather round.
So, I'm driving through a parking lot, and I see a SUV's reverse lights go on. So I slow down, thinking that he'll see me. (Seriously, how can you miss a full size truck) But, he keeps pulling out so I stop. There is enough room still for him to pull out and go. Except, he accelerates. Now, I hit the horn and go to drop it in reverse. (Except, I went for the center console shifter, natural reaction.) Now, the guy backs into me.
He then pulls his car back into his space. His wife gets out of the car (A saturn Vue) and starts yelling at me. "How could you not see us, you have to yield to us." I calmly retort, "No, I have the right away."
I look at the damage done to my truck, and notice, well, almost nothing. A few scratches and a small gash on the passenger side of the bumper. Nothing that I can't buff out and fix myself. I am now feeling great that nothing bad happened, but still pissed at the situation.
Finally, the driver gets out and puts the wife back in the car. He says, "Sorry I didn't see you there."(Bold for a reason, read on) We both look at the damage done to each of our vehicles and decide to go our separate ways.
So I finally get to my truck and start it up, then he comes running to my window. He then informs me that he is going to call the police.
20 minutes later, a police car finally comes. (Even though the police station is right across the street.) He officer asks what happened, and as I am about to explain the situation, the guy interupts me and says, "I was backing out and he flew around the corner and hit us." Great, a ****ing liar. The officer then turns to me, and asks me what happened. I explain to him everything you've read so far. The officer then takes our information, and is filling out the accident report in his car.
I then notice the guy going over to the police cars window, and I quickly rush over there because I didn't want this guy talking to the officer without me there. I hear him ask the officer whether he has the right of way pulling out of a parking space. The officer tells him he doesn't and now I am smiling from ear to fricking ear.
We walk away from the cop car, and now the guy says to me "I'm really sorry, I didn't see you in my mirrors. The damage isn't that bad, I don't think we should go through insurance." He is now back tracking because he knows he is at fault.
The officer finishes up, and explains to us our options on how to proceed. The cop leaves, we trade phone numbers. And we finally go our separate ways, LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE OVER AN HOUR AGO.
TL DR; Guy hit my truck in a parking lot. Turns out to be a liar.
EDIT: Holy crap that is long.
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Last edited by cdacda13; 04-01-2009 at 05:31 PM.
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