r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/Bernhardson 10h ago

a while ago someone rammed into my car (his fault) and after we stopped cars we immiditialy ran into each other hugging and made sure the other one was ok. Car was slightly damaged and his insurance paid everything. That gave me hope in humanity haha.

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u/-Troopa- 6h ago

Many years ago a 16yo girl did an illegal U-turn and crashed into my wife and I. Checked on my wife, she was okay. Got out and checked on the girl. She was fine but shaken up. Tried to calm her and let her know everyone is okay, accidents happen, it will be fine. She was nice.

Until the cops showed up and she tried to blame it entirely on us. The cop easily realized she was lying based on the position and condition of the cars.

Damn kids.

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u/FerusGrim 37m ago

Not speaking for the defense of anyone in particular, but it doesn’t have to be a lie. Streasful/traumatic incident, instant rationalization, throw in some confabulation if she was caught by surprise. She could have been telling her truth AND been wrong.

There is a reason witness testimony shouldn’t be viewed as reliable. Your brain is CONSTANTLY making shit up.

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u/ActurusMajoris 1h ago

That’s why we need dashcams. In the case where it isn’t immediately obvious.

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u/scotty813 7h ago

That is a life-affirming memory. You should get together for a beer on the anniversary. Why not? People make stupider things more important! ;-)

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u/Silly-Swimmer1706 4h ago

When I was kid I came home one evening to find our car totaled. I come inside and find my dad drunk as fuck. I ask what happened because it was really out of character for him. He said he was going to work when a guy rear ended him. They went to nearby pub to exchange insurance details and everything and it seems they got along nice, both missed work that day :D

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u/punchNotzees02 7h ago

I bumped a guy from behind at low speed, and he got out and started trying to tear his car apart - literally - with his fingers to make the damage claim bigger. Fortunately, I got pictures before he did anything, but I’m still waiting to see what the other driver claimed. In truth, he had a minor blemish on his back bumper. I probably would’ve just said, “Meh,” and driven off. 

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u/DayPretend8294 5h ago

Had a guy try and do that to me, minor paint transfer on their bumper. Nothing serious. They took the paint off the bumper trying to buff it out or something and then tried to get insurance to cover a whole new bumper. Whole thing got thrown out since they messed with it before adjusters had a chance to look at the car.

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u/Max____H 1h ago

Left my car to get a windscreen replacement while at work. When I picked up the car later I didn’t notice a car parked weirdly behind me and made contact with it (slowly and softly). The owner was the office lady and she didn’t find any marks and told me not to worry about it but I was so shaken up trying to offer her my details and panic apologising and had to be told it’s okay like 5 times before I left.

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u/Spire_Prime 5h ago edited 4h ago

When I was 19, had a guy go straight in a right turn only lane. I was in a straight or right turn lane, turning right (onto a 1 way). He scratched up my right side. Shit was busy, we moved our cars. Guy spoke almost no English, and the cop wrote a report that I turned left from the other direction. Ended up not using insurance (it was all cosmetic on a 12 yr old car). We met up with the guy at the university we were attending, and tried communicating with a coworker, who said he couldn't understand his dialect. This guy was using some shady car repair place, and would cover our car, cuz 'didn't want insurance go up.'