Got Hit In a Parking Lot Today

Travlr · Feb 8, 2021

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I'm not the best at telling stories but I'll try:

So I just got into my truck after getting some groceries, didn't even get to take the mask of my face yet when BAM! Some car backed into me super hard.

I get out of my truck and walk over to the driver and immediately see the passenger holding a bong. I sigh and the driver starts apologizing. I look at my bumper and she says I can move my car so you can see the damage and I immediately say no, leave it there. I was too afraid she was gonna take off if I let her do that.

I ask for her insurance and license and I see the insurance card is expired and her Arizona license says it expires in 2066. This girl was 19 and I was afraid if I called the cops she and her friend would get arrested for having weed in the car at 19 years old. I didn't want to ruin their lives. But at the same time I didn't to be fucked over if there was internal damage or whatever. Also what if her license and insurance is fake too?

So I ask for her parents to see if they can come and she says they're in Arizona. So then I asked if they can send the current insurance over. She says they're at work. I insist she call anyways because they're gonna find out anyways if I file a claim. So she finally calls her mom and her mom is like wtf why are you in California, and she tells her mom that she "went off the rails again" I don't even know what that means. Then when they finally stop talking the mom sends the current insurance over immediately. I take a pic of it. The last names match because it was her mom's insurance card and it's not expired so I was like okay.

I then tell her "I don't want to call the cops because I know y'all got stuff in there. I don't want to get you girls in trouble but I also don't want to get screwed over in case there is internal damage." She and her friend start thanking me because I'm sure they realize getting in trouble from their parents is a lot better than getting arrested if I would've called the cops. Then I let them go their way. And that's the story.

ANYWAYS, I have a few questions for you all. So the corner of her bumper hit exactly my hitch super hard. My truck moved a damn good amount. It's not possible to have any frame damage from that right? I'm sure no but I want to make sure because I've heard some stories from people where there's hidden damage from a car hitting their hitch. I'm sure I'm overreacting lol.

Next question is, would y'all have done the same? Some of the plastic is cracked on the bumper but if that's all the damage, I'm not not gonna report it to her insurance. I think this taught her enough of a lesson and I think she learned from it. At least I hope.

I know the pic doesn't show much but I was about lined up with that Mitsubishi suv initially. So my truck moved a good foot or two. She rammed directly into the hitch.

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I see a lot of Tacos on the insurance auction sites that have been totaled after being hit on the hitch. The frames rails are amazingly thin.

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