Technically. Idiots were driving in the middle of a parking aisle and I was trying to get by and sideswiped a parked truck. Thankfully, it was just the bumper. I got out and didn't see any damage on the truck, so I just left. However, there's a black line from the bumper on the side of our car, which will hopefully wash off.
I should clarify, because after talking my mom, it seems I was using the wrong term. I only swiped the truck's rear bumper, and I know this from the black marks on the side of the car, which my mom said isn't nearly as bad. She thought I actually sideswiped the vehicle all along the side.
I didn't think I needed to stay for something like that. It's never happened to me before. Just for the record, though, I'm going to report it later when I pick up my mom from my aunt's.
Report it how? Did you take down plate numbers? If they're not there, you leave a note with your phone number saying exactly what happened or you wait for them to get out. Besides, if you report it now, it's going to get flagged as a hit and run.
I've yet to have an accident. Thank goodness for that though, because I was in one when I was 5-years old, sitting in the front seat, and my memory is foggy on it, but I can never forget that feeling of my teeth grinding on each other so hard and my head being knocked around. My whole body just felt like it was metal being hit and scrapped by more metal. Not a pleasant feeling
Got in touch with an officer. I just told him that I was backing out of a parking space, and when I got going forward again, there were oncoming vehicles that were kind of in the middle of the lane, and I thought I had enough room to get by them and a parked SUV, but ended up hitting the SUV's bumper. I had a look, and there were marks on our car, but no damage on the SUV's bumper. He just told me to make sure to provide my information in the future should it happen again (though I hope it doesn't!), but he appreciated me calling it in. The chances are slim, but if someone does end up calling it in, they'll get in touch with me again and because I reported it, they'll have the upper hand with me somehow.
You're really lucky. Like, you violated the law. That shouldn't just be points, that can be a misdemeanor
My mom's told me that your driving record and a good attitude can go a long way -- I had a good attitude when talking to the officer and I have a clean record. But it also depends on what it is, of course. If you murdered someone and told an officer in a good attitude, you'd be arrested for sure despite the good attitude, but smaller things like this can vary.
Yeah just never leave the site of an accident you end up being a part of ever again, like ever. And yeah a good attitude can help but breaking the law is breaking the law, it doesn't matter if you are kind, smart, or trying to be fair / reason with them. This in a nutshell ^
