Aside from that though, I'm pretty much SOL.
It really all depends. If he says "I looked away for a moment and then we hit" or "I was probably going 35mph through the parking lot", etc. Something stupid to incriminate himself then it'll play to your favor. I suggest contacting your insurance company ASAP and have them call the guy for his recorded statement before he talks to people and gets advice on his end for how to handle it. If all he says is "I was driving down the isle at a low speed and he backed into me", you'll more than likely be screwed.
Think I just got a game-changer in my hands. The business owner said the driver smelled had been drinking..
Very good news.
that literally won't get you anywhere OP
I thought that too but then I also have no way of proving that without PD being there to verify the statement..
We traded ID and plates. I'm an idiot. Live and learn.. Unless there's a way for me to still cop out haha
FML.. Lol
Yeah. You won't be able to prove anything after the fact. Won't really help you. You can try and contact the other party and see if you can come to an agreement about not getting insurance involved.
Dude, this isn't even remotely true. Someone doing 100mph in a parking lot and hitting you while you are backing out with certainly be at fault and most likely leave in handcuffs to boot. In my previous posts I have agreed that if you are the one backing out, or if you rear-end someone, you will most likely be found at fault, but in the example you provided, that is just completely false. Please don't spread misinformation.
Yeah, there are a lot of false alarms in our Explorer. Though there are few false negatives. In other words, while it alarms fairly often for no apparent reason, it is very rare for it to fail to alarm when a car is coming. So I would say that I give it only a fair rating
This. Unfortunately, honesty (especially in situations like this) is rare to non-existent nowadays.
