Entitled driver refuses to comply with neighbor after backing into her car, he drives off without exchanging details, resulting in a legal pursuit: ‘Fine him’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Dec 4, 2024 9:00 AM EST

If you stop and really think about the invention of cars, you will realize how crazy and unbelievable these machines truly are. Each of us actually wanders around the world in custom mobile boxes, which we learned to operate when we were 16 years old (well, most of us did).

Since we have grown so accustomed to cars and their value to our daily lives, we have also grown to accept the occupational hazards associated with these fabulous machines. Road rage, traffic, and parking feuds are all unfortunate yet unavoidable side effects we must deal with if we want to keep cars in our lives. That means that occasionally, you will encounter some entitled driver who thinks the rules do not apply to them, and you will need to stand your ground to ensure justice is served. 

That is what happened to the person who wrote this story, when an entitled driver backed into her car, confessed to it, but then refused to exchange details or find any way to fix the damage he did. Keep scrolling to read what happened after he drove off without a word. 

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    Entitled neighbour thinks it's my fault he backed into my parked car. I wasn't anywhere near it at the time.
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    First time posting in this sub and I'm weirdly excited! So my story took place several years ago. I work in a group home for adults with special needs. The building I work in is just a regular bungalow
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    in a residential area. Parking isn't ideal because all we have is one narrow driveway. So if the driveway is free when you get there, fine, but if someone is already parked there when you arrive, you end up blocking them
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    in if you park in the driveway. This is not ideal as we often leave on errands for the residents during our shift. So when the driveway is occupied, we park on the street in front of the house. This is
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    perfectly legal. I live in Canada, in an area that gets a TON of snow in the winter. So the only rules about parking are you can't block a fire hydrant, and from the 15th of October to the 15th of April,
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    you can't park on the street from midnight to 7:00am. This is to allow snowplows to do their job in the event of a storm. All other times of day are fair game and anything in the summer is acceptable. My story took place
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    on a sunny afternoon in late June. So it was perfectly legal for me to park on the street. So I'm at work, doing my job, when there's a knock on the door. My coworker answered.
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    Turned out it was the guy who lives across the street. He and his wife were heading out of town and were travelling in their truck, which had a trailer hitched to the back. My car was parked on the street across from him and as he
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    was backing out of his driveway, he backed his trailer right into my front driver's side wheel well. So I go out to inspect the damage, and he's already mad, saying how frustrating it is that the people in our house are always parked on
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    the street. Makes it hard for him. to get out of his driveway etc. Mind you this is the first time he's said anything to any of us, but whatever. I didn't say anything to him, just looked at my car and see the damage is pretty bad
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    (ended up costing 2000 dollars to repair). So I just say let's exchange insurance information (literally the only thing I've said to him at this point). He then gets very angry, starts yelling and says he refuses to go through
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    insurance, it's my fault for being parked on the street and he'll pay for the damages, but ONLY if I take my car to this guy he knows. His wife then adds that they were "doing me a favour" by even telling me. They could have just
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    driven off. Well technically yes, but that's actually illegal, so no you weren't doing me any favours. Again, I don't say much. I just reiterate that I'd like to go through insurance. He flat out refuses (which is also illegal). So I
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    say fine I'm just going to call the police. At this point he says he's not sticking around and he and his wife drive off. I called the cops. The cops arrive, see that I'm parked legally and say there's no
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    reason he shouldn't have been able to back out without hitting me. Now here's perhaps the most annoying part. They track him down the next day and come back to let me know they've spoken with him. Turns out he's a retired guard for the local jail and
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    according to the officer who did the follow up, he "Seems like a good guy. Quite nice." Well yes I'm sure he was nice to the cop. Me, the rather small female civilian? Not so much. The cop tries to convince me to not go
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    through insurance. Like what?! He's part of your club so he gets a free pass to be a d k? No thanks. Dude verbally assaulted me for HIS mistake, then drove away from the scene of an accident. Fine him. Don't try to make this easier on him. He's a
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    d. I went through insurance. My insurance covered 100% of the cost and deemed it not my fault, which was a relief as it means my premiums were not affected. I'm pretty sure cops have to issue a ticket when a motor vehicle collision occurs. So
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    not sure what happened with the neighbour, but I'm guessing he received some sort of fine because I know I didn't!
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    delulu4drama Hit and run. They didn't teach you that at law enforcement school sir? You did the world a favour by checking his ego →
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    needs-a-nap OP • Now that you say that, he did show up at our door again several months later and very sheepishly asked if we could move the car parked on the street. He apparently had a maintenance person who needed access.
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    Unfortunately for him, the car he wanted moved belonged to no one working at the group home. I honestly would have moved it had it been mine, cuz I'd like to think I'm not a d. k, but I couldn't help him. No anger this time. Seems he'd somehow learned to keep his attitude in check!
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    Waifer2016 Ahh the gool ol' boys club. its especially bad with the OPP. Good on you for refusing to back down!
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    needs-a-nap OP Thank you! I was actually proud of myself for that. I'm a fairly timid person by nature and HATE confrontation. So I was very nervous the whole time. I was also angry at his entitlement, though, so I think that's what kept me motivated.
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    No-Court-2969 Most likely your insurance company will contact their insurance company and sort it out between them.
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    needs-a-nap OP I'm assuming this is what they did. All I know is my car was repaired, free of charge to me.
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