askanison
Well-Known Member
So I was driving home today and bumped into a car in front of me that was stopped at a red light. We both pull over to examine the damages. I immediately said I'm sorry I hit your car, at no point during our exchange did I try to deny that I hit his car, because I did.
My car was fine, but he said my license plate made two scratches on his back bumper and wanted my insurance info. These are teeny tiny scratches and he said he wants to get it fixed because he doesn't want it to rust. I almost gave him my insurance info when I realized that heck no, there's no way that my car would've made those two scratches.
My license plate was much lower than the scratches on his car. So I suggested that we call the police because I had just drove past one a block away. He say no, I got to get to work. So I drove my car a little close to his just so he can get a better look and realize as well, that my car did not make the damages he claims it did. but he won't have it. He kept asking for my insurance, and I kept refusing so he went to get a pen/paper to get my license number, and then I went to car car to get my camera so I can document the "damages". After he got my license, he went back into his car to drive away and I chased after him yelling at him to stop because I hadn't gotten a picture of his license plate yet.
He would've driven away but he drive into a dead end at the gas station, and started backing into me. Then he stopped, got out of his car, and started threatening me. Literally, came a couple of inches away from me to yell at me. I got my info license back and called the police and he just pulled off.
When the officer arrived he took a statement and wrote down his tag number from the pic i took and asked if i wanted to get him picked up for leaving the scene. I just wanted to make sure i wouldn't get accused of ruining his car. The officer told me to hold onto the pics i took of both cars and if nothing became of it then oh well. Was this the right thing to do in this situation?
My car was fine, but he said my license plate made two scratches on his back bumper and wanted my insurance info. These are teeny tiny scratches and he said he wants to get it fixed because he doesn't want it to rust. I almost gave him my insurance info when I realized that heck no, there's no way that my car would've made those two scratches.
My license plate was much lower than the scratches on his car. So I suggested that we call the police because I had just drove past one a block away. He say no, I got to get to work. So I drove my car a little close to his just so he can get a better look and realize as well, that my car did not make the damages he claims it did. but he won't have it. He kept asking for my insurance, and I kept refusing so he went to get a pen/paper to get my license number, and then I went to car car to get my camera so I can document the "damages". After he got my license, he went back into his car to drive away and I chased after him yelling at him to stop because I hadn't gotten a picture of his license plate yet.
He would've driven away but he drive into a dead end at the gas station, and started backing into me. Then he stopped, got out of his car, and started threatening me. Literally, came a couple of inches away from me to yell at me. I got my info license back and called the police and he just pulled off.
When the officer arrived he took a statement and wrote down his tag number from the pic i took and asked if i wanted to get him picked up for leaving the scene. I just wanted to make sure i wouldn't get accused of ruining his car. The officer told me to hold onto the pics i took of both cars and if nothing became of it then oh well. Was this the right thing to do in this situation?
