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StarryEyedDesigns

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On my way home from picking up my son, from school, I was rear ended by a 16 year old driver. Luckily the worst damage was a small gouge in the paint of my bumper. I was not happy though, my truck is only a year old and we're still paying for it. I may have yelled at the girl, out of anger and frustration. I think I scared her into being more careful though. I know it could have been a lot worse, and luckily no one involved was injured either. Her mom (who showed up after the girl called her) was a piece of work though. Refused to give me her daughter's name, at first tried to pay me off so I won't contact the insurance company. I said, uh no, it doesn't work like that. The girl goes to my son's high school, so I can find out her name from there if need be. I already filed a police report and with my insurance. It just so happens they have the exact same insurance I do.

If you have a teen driver, please please please, make sure they understand the importance of vehicle safety. I'm sure you all do anyway, but I just wanted to make sure...lol
 
So glad you are okay. I just don't understand some people and to do it in front of the daughter is sad because of what it's teaching her.
 
Oh, how frustrating! I remember my dad going to to bat for my sister several times with driving mistakes. Both ways... as in sometimes she was at fault or the other way around.

One in particular, a Co worker (my family and I all work at the same company) rear ended my sister because she didn't make a right hand turn on a yellow light leaving work one day. The Co worker assumed my sister would go. At any rate, my sister had to argue with the insurance company for a bit, and they kept "not being able to get ahold of her" (the Co worker was ignoring the calls). My dad called the insurance company and gave them her work number!

It's not only teens that can be irresponsible, sometimes it's adults, too. (Like this girl's mother.) So frustrating when this happens!
 
Ugh! That's so frustrating! I hope that it turns out to be a good lesson for the 16 year old now to be more careful, rather than later! And I'm very happy it was a minor accident, with no injuries! Good for you to stand up for yourself and report the accident the right way.
 
Glad your accident wasn't worse! Have a better day today :bk
 
So glad you are ok. I know how you feel. We got hit in a hit and run last week. I was stopped at an intersection and a guy rounded the corner too close, clipped my car ($1800 damage) and kept going. Police reports, insurance, what a bother; but at least we weren't hurt.
 
I'm happy for you that it was only a small gouge. But looks like all around this could of been handled in a better way. Being she is 16 only means she has just gotten her license. We have 6 children and the last one. Just turned 17, has just gotten his license. He is a natural driver, from the first time he was behind the wheel it seems like he has always been there........ now that being said I had a couple more that I had them do ALOT of driving with me as it took awhile for them to master their judgement on how fast they were going, how long it would take to stop, how to speed up more when pulling out into traffic and so on. And it is scary! My oldest son who was in drivers training got into an accident that totaled the other car. I was in tears when the officer got there. The mistake the officer told ME was I was telling my son it was safe to go from my way and he went without even looking in his direction. Officer told me that I need to sit there and let him learn to make the judgements himself of when it is time to go. IF I see he is going to make a mistake then I am to say something at that time. BEST advice I ever got and made sure I never made the same mistake again.
Once again so glad there was only little damage done to your truck and no one was hurt!
 
Oh, man! That's frustrating. We had an accident a few years ago. We were behind a big pickup in our Camry and it was kind of "hiding" us. It turned and the kids across the intersection from us in the vehicle waiting to turn were trying to beat the light or something. And after the pickup turned they went for it and there we were coming straight thru. Well, we didn't make it. We tried to avoid hitting them but it didn't work. I had chest injuries from the seatbelt and that really burns and stings bad. It kind of scared me because of how intense it was. I kind of stayed off by myself while things were going on around us because I was in pain and was kind of hyperventilating or something from the anxiety of it all. But I heard the policewoman who came to the scene raking those kids over the coals for turning in front of us and trying to beat that light. She gave it to them left, right and upside down. I kind of felt sorry for the kids. But she was right in giving them what for about their careless actions. Hopefully they became safer drivers because of it.
 
Glad you are ok. But how did you keep your cool with that idiot mom!!! The accident that broke my heart was an accident where I wasn't even in the car. The reason it broke my heart is; 6 years ago, at the age of 70 I purchased my first ever brand new car!!! Wow, I was so proud of that car!!. It was parked out in front of my house in the sub-division I lived in, and the neighbor across the street backed out of his driveway and RIGHT into my car!!!! AARRRGGGHHH!!! My car was only 3 weeks old!!!!!! How do you NOT see a car!!! It was daylight!!! Then the insurance company tried to tell me they could fix the bumper (you should have seen it!) I am yelling at him that it is a NEW car and it will have a NEW bumper put on. His only response was, "Yes, ma'm!" I got my new bumper!!!
 
NancyP said:
Glad you are ok. But how did you keep your cool with that idiot mom!!!
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Thank you everyone for the comments!

I am not usually level headed. I react, then think. It's a bad habit. Even my son was like "wow, you didn't even yell at her" (the mom) LOL...anyway, if she had kept on with the way she was, I probably would have lost my cool with her. When I was trying to copy her insurance info, she kept ripping the card out of my hand to try to keep me from seeing it. Turns out, we have the exact same insurance. AND the girl had an illegal passenger in her car. When I got out of my truck and said I was calling 911, the kid in her car with her got out and took off! In WA state, a minor with a license may not have ANY passengers unless it is an adult whom they are related to. I made sure to put that and what she tried to do in the police report too.

So the update is, I talked to the insurance company today. The agent asked me if I wanted to go through her insurance if there are any damages that need to be fixed. I said, uh hell yeah I do and you need to check and see if their daughter is even on the insurance. So they are investigating her and her insurance, I have to call the Sheriff's office to make sure they got the police report and have them investigate them. I have to call the auto body place they told me to go to tomorrow to make an appointment. We are getting the bumper repainted, whether the mom likes it or not. It's a $60,000 truck (not trying to brag, just making a point) that we are still making payments on, and that little gouge will eventually start peeling if it's not taken care of. Plus, I want to make sure she didn't cause any underlying damages that we can't obviously see. Her insurance is also going to have to pay for me to get a rental. The mom is going to be p*ssed, but she needs to get over it, and needs to teach her kids responsibility.
 
Yep, some kids learn their bad habits from their parents.

I hope it all works out financially for you and even better that you weren't injured!
 
Glad you're ok. It sounds like another case of "affluenza!"
 
Glad you are ok, but how frustrating and especially with the girl's mother!
 
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