I'm Really Ticked Off!

[DisnyMama]

This afternoon I was parked in a parking space (not over the line) at the Tom Thumb market. My DS ran into the store while I sat in the car with the air on cause it was hot outside. I drive a 2003 Saturn Vue so it's not a little car and this woman in a new Ford Expedition pulls into the spot at a swift rate of speed and I am watching the front of her car very quickly get closer and closer to the front of mine and sure enough she bumped right into me. My car was sitting in neutral with the parking brake on and my car bounced back and the tires screached due to the ER brake being on. I looked at her and she never waved at me, got out of her car,apologized or anything. She just sat there and completely ignored me. Both her and her teenage daugher new what happend because I saw the look on her daughters face. She just sent her daughter in the store and she sat there. I got my pen out and when her daughter came back out and she started to back out I wrote down her plate number and got out and looked at the front of my car. The thing was she was so close I could not have seen the front of my car till she left because she did not back up. I wish I could get her address from her plate and send her a letter about the art of apology and/ or acknowlegement. I have to watch my blood pressure and I had an accident walking out to the mail box the other night in which I took a dive off the curb so basically I am really trying to not get worked up which is the reason I did not get out of my car and go up to her window. But, sending her a little note sure would make me feel good.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Did she damage your car? If so, I would have called the police immediately....I would have also knocked on her window and let her know the police were on the way.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Yes, if there is ANY visable damage at all, even a little scratch, I would call the police. I guess that is a little mean, but rude people infuriate me
For her not to even acknowledge what she had done, I feel deserves a little bitty amount of payback. If she had said anything, I would just forget it. But she didn't.

 

[anewvance]

I don't understand. She hit your car and you didn't get out to look for damage? That's the first thing I would have done and if I had seen anything AT ALL I would have told her I was calling the police to make a report.

 

[Kycha]

Call the police. That is a hit and run.

 

[DisnyMama]

When she bumped my car she didn't back up. Her car is wider and higher than mine and it would have literally been impossible for me to get a view of my bumper. Also, I took into consideration the fact that if this woman wasn't willing to ackowledge or apologize how is she going to react when I go to her window-additionally I have the issue of my blood pressure that litterally has been jumping up and down and I am already on 2 types of meds to control it so I decided to get her license number-I let her see me write it down. Had there been any damage I would have contacted the police. I would have said she refused to acknowledge what she did and took off. Besides, I never go up to anyones closed vehicle window-ever-regardless.

My big beef with this whole thing is the fact that she didn't acknowledge the fact that she bumped into me and just sat there. That is what is really ticking me off. All she had to do was apologize and that would have been it-done - over.

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

If there is damage call the police and file a report. Tell them that you were too afraid to get out of the car right then but you have her plate number.

She may not have gotten out of the car for the same reason you didn't. Or she may have just been an inconsiderate B and wouldn't have acknowledged bumping into your car if you wern't there either.

 

[diznygirl]

I understand the problem with your blood pressure. Normally, the proper response would have been to get out of the car and knock on her window - tell her she just bumped into your car and ask her to back-up so you can check for damage. Then exchange insurance information.

After the fact, you can contact your insurance agent and give them the info that you have so they can contact her. She doesn't need to give you an apology, but a phone call from your insurance might be just the thing she needs to scare a little sense into her.

 

[grlpwrd]

When she bumped my car she didn't back up. Her car is wider and higher than mine and it would have literally been impossible for me to get a view of my bumper. Also, I took into consideration the fact that if this woman wasn't willing to ackowledge or apologize how is she going to react when I go to her window-additionally I have the issue of my blood pressure that litterally has been jumping up and down and I am already on 2 types of meds to control it so I decided to get her license number-I let her see me write it down. Had there been any damage I would have contacted the police. I would have said she refused to acknowledge what she did and took off. Besides, I never go up to anyones closed vehicle window-ever-regardless.

My big beef with this whole thing is the fact that she didn't acknowledge the fact that she bumped into me and just sat there. That is what is really ticking me off. All she had to do was apologize and that would have been it-done - over.

You think she cared that you were writing her plate numbers down? She didn't even care that she hit you (your car).

So are you going after her for damages or not?

 

[BeckWhy]

My neighbors are jerks. The husband blocked my dad's van in, so when my dad left for work (at 4:00 am), he bumped the guy's bumper. Well the guy called the police. The police told the man that bumpers are there for a purpose, to be bumped and there was nothing he could/would do. He said if there would have been damage anywhere else, he would have wrote up a report.

 

[Jeanny]

she probably figured your car wasn't damaged since you didn't get out of the car to check. She might not have even KNOWN she hit you if her SUV is so big... she probably thought she just hit the curb.

How did you see her license plate # to write it down if you were in car? How did she see you writing the # down?
I'd call the police and report it, time, date, description etc so they have it in their files. They'll tell you to call your insurance company and you'll be able to get your repairs done.

 

[Serena]

I understand not wanting to confront her, but turn her in to the police.

She knew she hit you and ignored you. When someone is mean like that, it gets me angry too.

 

[DisnyMama]

Ok, as I said in an earlier post, "if there was any damage" and there was no damage done to my car. I made a call to the police and according to them if there is no damage there is nothing to file. They said these types of occurances happen all the time. Had she caused damage to my vehicle then that would be different. In regards to being able to see her plate number to write it down-I said when she backed out I wrote it down. When she was backing out I could then clearly see her plate. Also, I looked right at her and she looked right at me also. I purposely wrote it on the dash board. However as one DIS'r stated she probably could care less.

 

[Serena]

I missed the "had there been any damage" too. sorry about that