- Mar 4, 2011
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Holy cow... I'm still shaken up.
My car was parked. Then I was getting ready to leave- I inched out slightly but was at a stop. Then the taxi hit me per below.
Damage:
Me- my whole driver's side door is crunched up & window shattered. The damage is so bad, the whole door has to replaced probably.
Taxi- his right side front bumper is messed up and headlight crushed.
The guy came out of the car and tried to 'set the situation' by saying I was trying to make a U-turn repeatedly (which I obviously wasn't). He came on so strong and I was flabbergasted. After the initial shock wore off, I realized it may not be my fault. He kept telling me to take my car to his taxi shop and pay for his damages.
I was debating to report or not- then luckily a cop happened to drive by. The cop asked if we were gonna take care of it ourselves. I asked him to please help us out and file the report- just didn't have good feeling about this flaky, shady taxi guy.
He took the report and took our info- told me to pick up the report at the station tomorrow.
The cop told me I have an option to keep the report but not report it to insurance- but I can always can later if I choose to.
Help me out here, was the nose of my car sticking out possibly rule that it's my fault?
My car was parked. Then I was getting ready to leave- I inched out slightly but was at a stop. Then the taxi hit me per below.
Damage:
Me- my whole driver's side door is crunched up & window shattered. The damage is so bad, the whole door has to replaced probably.
Taxi- his right side front bumper is messed up and headlight crushed.
The guy came out of the car and tried to 'set the situation' by saying I was trying to make a U-turn repeatedly (which I obviously wasn't). He came on so strong and I was flabbergasted. After the initial shock wore off, I realized it may not be my fault. He kept telling me to take my car to his taxi shop and pay for his damages.
I was debating to report or not- then luckily a cop happened to drive by. The cop asked if we were gonna take care of it ourselves. I asked him to please help us out and file the report- just didn't have good feeling about this flaky, shady taxi guy.
He took the report and took our info- told me to pick up the report at the station tomorrow.
The cop told me I have an option to keep the report but not report it to insurance- but I can always can later if I choose to.
Help me out here, was the nose of my car sticking out possibly rule that it's my fault?
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