Yesterday while I was at work a teenager backed into my car and went and parked elsewhere. A colleague witnessed it, took photos of their car and plate #, and told me.
I looked at my car and confirmed there was some visible damage (minor – scratch and bumper clips broken so bumper popped out). I went and found their car which has matching damage (I took a photo) and left a note asking them to call me.
Girl is going to her grave denying it happened. She must have cleaned the mark on their car (which I have a photo of) because their big thing is “no damage on their car so it didn’t happen”.
I was insanely nice and just asked for $30 to cover a scratch kit. They refused said that the witness was the one that hit my car and is just blaming them.
I obtained video from the building security footage, which I told them I would do but they didn’t seem to believe me.
Very clearly their car and the point of contact matches the marks I photographed on both cars.
The dad called me and was kind of scary. Yelling about how he was going to file a police report against me for accusing his daughter of this?
He said he wants to take this through insurance. Even though I only asked for a minimal amount
What do I do? I’m honestly pretty upset that they’re being jerks but I don’t think the damage is more than $200 (not sure how much fixing the bumper clips costs).
Also they texted me asking to see what proof I have. I assume trying to decide if they’re going to continue lying. I told them I have photographs and video but didn’t show them
My car was backed into, I have proof, the guilty party claims im lying (Washington)
byu/gateskeeper inInsurance
Posted by gateskeeper
6 Comments
Let insurance handle it. If you have proof like you say, give it to the insurance company, and they’ll review it for their liability decision. Video footage doesn’t lie.
File an insurance claim, and they will reach out to the other party.
Submit the videos and photos to the insurance company.
Never deal directly with the other driver. Always through insurance!
Do you have video of the accident? If so, file a claim with their insurance and stop dealing with them
file a claim and get your car professionally repaired. there is no such thing as a $200 repair, try $2,000
stop talking to these people
file a police report and provide the officer with the witness info and camera footage (cop may file hit & run charges which would be cool)
use the police report to identify and file a claim with the other person’s insurer, and provide them with the witness info and camera footage as well
get your car fixed and a rental while it’s in the shop
done and done
Even if they did eventually accept she did it, these people are going to be a problem. You don’t want to deal with them directly. Just file a claim with their insurance, provide their adjuster your proof, including your witness info and the video. It will be much easier and more pleasant than dealing with these asshats. Block them.
Maybe also call the police and file a hit and run if you’re feeling a certain way about it.