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Old 01-05-2012, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Between Heaven And Hell.
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I’m sitting in my car in a car park, my two year old Daughter is asleep in the back seat, some twit pulls in beside my car and opens the his back passenger car door against my car, then proceeds to drag things out of his car while scratching mine. I don’t like confrontation, besides, I don’t want to get stabbed.

What would you do?
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Keosauqua, Iowa
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I've already done it. I drive old cars that are already dinged up so I don't have to get my shorts in a knot over things like that.

It pays to be proactive.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:36 PM
 
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My car is old, but I wouldn’t hit an old car and not care, I always respect other people’s property.

He knew I was there!
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:38 PM
 
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You roll down your window, stick your head out and ask him how he plans to pay for the damage.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Northglenn, CO
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I'd say "Hey, thanks for the personality!" <--- I have a beater.

If I was driving a nicer, newer vehicle, I'd roll down the window and say "Yo, happen to have any fresh paint?" or something like that. Not too confrontational but you're still letting them know how big of a dick they are.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Central Jersey - Florida
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I’m sitting in my car in a car park, my two year old Daughter is asleep in the back seat, some twit pulls in beside my car and opens the his back passenger car door against my car, then proceeds to drag things out of his car while scratching mine. I don’t like confrontation, besides, I don’t want to get stabbed.

What would you do?
I know what I would do but then again I'm not afraid of confrontation. Do you have a cell phone? Did you take his plate number? Did you report it? If you were truly afraid you should have called 911 and explained to them the situation.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:45 PM
 
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You roll down your window, stick your head out and ask him how he plans to pay for the damage.

I think by his actions he had already shown that he didn’t care, and hence he’s not a nice person.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:46 PM
 
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If there's a mark, I would call the police and file a report.

It's interesting that you posted this because I just ran had an experience where someone hit my car several times while I was parked in the parking lot waiting for my mom to to come out of the spa (I was picking her up). This lady let her stroller hit my car THREE times while she was loading her kids and bags into the car. I confronted her politely and all she said was "I'm trying to manage shopping here with three kids". Not even a sorry. I told her that if it's too difficult to go shopping with your kids without hitting other people's cars, maybe she should get a nanny while she shops. Then checked my car -- it seemed fine. If there was any damage, I would have filed a report.

Damaging personal property/vandalism is not something anyone should accept.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:49 PM
 
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I know what I would do but then again I'm not afraid of confrontation. Do you have a cell phone? Did you take his plate number? Did you report it? If you were truly afraid you should have called 911 and explained to them the situation.
Different Country, the Cops don't care.
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Old 01-05-2012, 02:55 PM
 
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I suppose I should say, remember I have a toddler; I wouldn’t want to risk her safety for anything.
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