So it happens, I was dropping off a friend on the road next to a pharmacy when a parked truck driver decides to back out without looking in the back. My friend saw immediately that he was going to hit my car which was stopped behind him. I never saw the guy as I was looking at the traffic on my side mirror to look for a clearance to dive off. My friend banged on the truck and even yelled that there was a car behind. When I heard the bangs, I thought he was banging on my trunk to have it opened. As I was about to open up the trunk from inside, I felt my car getting hit by the backing out truck.
the idiot was not even looking, just backing out from parking lot until he hit me. OOOOOOOHHHHH, I was so furious. I yelled at him for being so stupid to be just driving in reverse and not looking behind? He tried to pull a dominican on me by saying, " what are you doing behind me when I am backing out? Its not my fault, its your fault to be behind me."
This really got me boiling. Then he tells me that he has no money and he will not pay me. I can call the police if I liked. The damage was not big, just a tiny little dent on my rear door with paint chip off. But I was not about to get insulted by a punk who won't take responsibility for his actions. If he had apologized to me sincerely, I would have let him go. But he tried to play tough and challenged me to call police or to do whatever because he is not paying a penny.
I called the police and waited. I kept blocking him and prevented him from leaving. I also had plan B. I was going to break his window if the police hadn't arrived. just to do some damage to him.
Police arrives. I shake their hand, tell them I am the chiropractor in santiago and then proceeded to tell them my account of the events. Then I told the cops that this man refused to talk reason with me, and challenged me to call the cops because he doesn't care. He told me to do whatever because he will not pay me nor show me insurance papers.
police instantly took my side and told the guy to shut up and come to precent. One cop jumped in his car to make him go to police station. Once we arrived, i explained the whole event to the man in charge and told him how this man disrespected the law or the authorities. he doesn't care to take responsibility or worries about police actions. This didn't sound too good to the police. So when the man told them that it was not his problem that I was behind him and he didn't feel it was his fault for hitting someone behind him. The police snapped back at him by saying, if he was behind him (meaning the policeman, himself) and he (the truck driver) backed into him and crushed him without looking, he would still feel not responsible for his actions? I mean the guy was a fool, my friend banged on his truck and yelled at him to warn him of the car behind. but he kept going looking the other way for incoming traffic. He would have clearly seen me if he had looked in the side mirror.
So to make the long story short. Police intimidated him and pushed him to pay me to avoid all the troubles. He finally decided to pay me and clean up the mess right there. I was fair to him, I only demanded 1000 pesos for the tiny dent. I did it for principle to make him understand that he needs to take responsibility for his actions. I bet next time he will look behind before pulling out from a parking lot to busy street.
The police took him to his house and made him pay me. The man then apologized to me and shook my hand in peace.
This is a perfect example of how police helped me get out of a jam and helped me get compensated for my damage. So the moral of the story is: learn to speak good spanish and stop being the victims. take actions instead of walking away in fear. if I can do it, so can you.
AZB
the idiot was not even looking, just backing out from parking lot until he hit me. OOOOOOOHHHHH, I was so furious. I yelled at him for being so stupid to be just driving in reverse and not looking behind? He tried to pull a dominican on me by saying, " what are you doing behind me when I am backing out? Its not my fault, its your fault to be behind me."
This really got me boiling. Then he tells me that he has no money and he will not pay me. I can call the police if I liked. The damage was not big, just a tiny little dent on my rear door with paint chip off. But I was not about to get insulted by a punk who won't take responsibility for his actions. If he had apologized to me sincerely, I would have let him go. But he tried to play tough and challenged me to call police or to do whatever because he is not paying a penny.
I called the police and waited. I kept blocking him and prevented him from leaving. I also had plan B. I was going to break his window if the police hadn't arrived. just to do some damage to him.
Police arrives. I shake their hand, tell them I am the chiropractor in santiago and then proceeded to tell them my account of the events. Then I told the cops that this man refused to talk reason with me, and challenged me to call the cops because he doesn't care. He told me to do whatever because he will not pay me nor show me insurance papers.
police instantly took my side and told the guy to shut up and come to precent. One cop jumped in his car to make him go to police station. Once we arrived, i explained the whole event to the man in charge and told him how this man disrespected the law or the authorities. he doesn't care to take responsibility or worries about police actions. This didn't sound too good to the police. So when the man told them that it was not his problem that I was behind him and he didn't feel it was his fault for hitting someone behind him. The police snapped back at him by saying, if he was behind him (meaning the policeman, himself) and he (the truck driver) backed into him and crushed him without looking, he would still feel not responsible for his actions? I mean the guy was a fool, my friend banged on his truck and yelled at him to warn him of the car behind. but he kept going looking the other way for incoming traffic. He would have clearly seen me if he had looked in the side mirror.
So to make the long story short. Police intimidated him and pushed him to pay me to avoid all the troubles. He finally decided to pay me and clean up the mess right there. I was fair to him, I only demanded 1000 pesos for the tiny dent. I did it for principle to make him understand that he needs to take responsibility for his actions. I bet next time he will look behind before pulling out from a parking lot to busy street.
The police took him to his house and made him pay me. The man then apologized to me and shook my hand in peace.
This is a perfect example of how police helped me get out of a jam and helped me get compensated for my damage. So the moral of the story is: learn to speak good spanish and stop being the victims. take actions instead of walking away in fear. if I can do it, so can you.
AZB