As I started pulling away at a traffic light, I suddenly felt a thump. It felt like the car had stalled upon pulling away. Then I realised that it was actually the driver behind me who had rear-ended me. He had started pulling away before I did when the traffic light changed.
The driver behind me just sat in his car instead of getting out of his car to inspect the damage he might have done and to give me his insurance details.
Luckily the damage to my car was insignificant: a small chip and scratch in the paint on the rear bumper. But his car was a mess: a bashed-up Mercedes with a badly dented front bumper that looked like he must have rear-ended another car in the past (amongst other things).
I then walked up to his window and he looked nervous. I calmly told him that it didn't look like there was any damage, to which he defensively responded, "there's no damage, I can see there's nothing wrong".
I felt unsafe and decided not to get involved in a dispute about insurance details. So I just walked away and left it at that, thankful that it could have been much worse.
The driver behind me just sat in his car instead of getting out of his car to inspect the damage he might have done and to give me his insurance details.
Luckily the damage to my car was insignificant: a small chip and scratch in the paint on the rear bumper. But his car was a mess: a bashed-up Mercedes with a badly dented front bumper that looked like he must have rear-ended another car in the past (amongst other things).
I then walked up to his window and he looked nervous. I calmly told him that it didn't look like there was any damage, to which he defensively responded, "there's no damage, I can see there's nothing wrong".
I felt unsafe and decided not to get involved in a dispute about insurance details. So I just walked away and left it at that, thankful that it could have been much worse.
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