Advice please. Merging bully just hit our car from the side.

[Duppers]

Hubs let him pull in. We're trapped in extremely slow moving traffic, almost standstill for 30 mins. Guy pulled in from the shoulder lane. Did not wait his turn in line.
Got his plate #.

What should we do? Cannot pull over to evaluate but know the car must have bad scratch & perhaps indention.

Thx.

[Buck Turgidson]

1. Call 911

[Duppers]

2. Thx.

[Lochloosa]

3. Agree 911

[Initech]

4. Do not let the other guy do all the talking.

I had an accident a few years ago and the douchebag that hit me tried to make it look like it my fault, hired a lawyer and attempted to sue me and made my life a living hell for the year after it happened. And the really fucked up thing? There was far more damage to my car than there was to his car. Thankfully it never reached court and got caught up in insurance arbitration. And the insurance ruled that it was a double fault accident. But the rule is don't let the police leave the scene without getting your side of the story.

[raccoon]

15. Good advice. My experience too is that people will try to lie their way out of it if it was their

fault.

[Initech]

16. I made that mistake once, shall not make it again!

The funny thing is that there was far more damage to my car than there ever was to his car (his Suburban vs. my Altima - who wins?), and this guy had the nerve to lie to the insurance company and stage a faulty injury claim when the police report made it clear there weren't any injuries.

[Thor_MN]

5. Probably too late, but I agree with the 911

I was once hit near my rear tire by the front bumper of a semi. It was snowing heavily and cars were moving less than a mile an hour. The jerk driving the truck decided that he wasn't going to wait his turn where two lanes were merging. He didn't stop, so I called 911 and followed him. The 911 operator was irritated that I couldn't give her a mile marker, but it was a full ten minutes before we passed one - she couldn't seem to understand how slowly we were moving.

Eventually, a highway patrol met us at the next on ramp and took the report. It wound up being my insurance covered me, and his lack of insurance hopefully bit him on the ass hard. Not much damage to his truck, but the officer told me that he was getting cited for lack of insurance.

[Duppers]

6. Thanks, Thor.

Your story reminds me of how much some of these 911 operators and dispatchers need more training---or IQ tests.

Our insurance company has been contacted. Damage was more than we expected. It was a military kid, with an obvious abundance of testosterone , in a hyped up Camray. No doubt who he's voting for.

[True Dough]

7. Hopefully the insurance process isn't painful

I got sideswiped by another driver who wasn't paying attention (and she admitted as much in a text message that she sent me, thankfully).

Despite that, she later changed her story and attempted to weasel out of it. The claims adjuster on my file was useless. The process dragged on for five months. Finally a different claims adjuster took over and it was resolved in my favor within a matter of one week (and the text message was relevant after all).

And the cost of damages for even minor damage can escalate quickly. It's crazy how expensive plastic parts of a car can be.

Good luck, Duppers.

[Duppers]

10. Thank you, True Dough.

Yes, unbelievably expensive.

[NobodyHere]

8. Take pictures of the damage?

[Duppers]

11. Definitely. Sure did.

Thanks.

I often think a dash can would be a good idea too.

[Iggo]

9. Call the cops. Report a Hit-and-Run. (n/t)

[Angry Dragon]

12. LOCK HIM UP

[Duppers]

13. What brought that on??

[Angry Dragon]

14. I thought I was a republican for a second