RCZ1
Active Member
Well I had a small accident this morning, which was totally my fault (I think!) but I'm just really annoyed and angry with myself.
The story goes like this.
I was at my mum's house, pulled onto the drive. I always help her into the car and make sure that she is strapped in and then I walk around the car and get in myself. Nothing out of the norm this morning. So puts the car into reverse, slowly edge to the top of the drive, look right, look left, nothing coming so reverse slowly out. Next thing...... crunch !
A few swear words rip round my head, but I held it together because my mother was in the car.
Pulled back onto the drive and got out. There's a Ford Ka, parked across the road, opposite my mum's house and I reversed into the rear/side wheel arch area of the car (big plastic areas of the Ka). Looked all over the woman's car, who was present, and who was very, very nice. If it was me, I would have been ranting and raving "blooming stupid woman " :evil:. Her car was fine, nothing to see, as I was only going slowly. Obviously the plastic wheel arches had done their job of just flexing. She said there was nothing to see. We exchanged details but she insisted that I wouldn't be hearing from her.
On the road, beside the Ka was a little bit of black trim. Looked at my car and saw where the little piece of black trim was from. It had fallen off the centre of the rear valance, which holds the reversing lights in place. The reversing light were not smashed but pushed forwards slightly. But no other marks to be seen. No marks on the paintwork, so I actually got away with it very lightly. I've arranged for the car to be looked at tomorrow by my dealer so hopefully it won't cost me too much money. :eusa-think: I've driven the car and there's no unusual noises and everything seems fine, apart from a bit of gap in the rear lower diffuser.
BUT the thing that's now really gauling me is the fact that the reason I didn't really see the car was because the Ford Ka should not have been there in the first place, as it was parked on double yellow lines :eusa-think: My mum's house is almost on a corner, next to a doctor's surgery, so there are double yellow lines on both sides of the road for about 50 yards, so no one should be parked outside, or opposite her house. Is this the reason why the woman was so pleasant? If this did go further for example and Insurance companies were involved, would they see it as her being in the wrong. :?:
Not that I want it to go down the Insurance company route, but it just got me thinking. :eusa-think:
The good thing is no-one was injured :thumbup:
The story goes like this.
I was at my mum's house, pulled onto the drive. I always help her into the car and make sure that she is strapped in and then I walk around the car and get in myself. Nothing out of the norm this morning. So puts the car into reverse, slowly edge to the top of the drive, look right, look left, nothing coming so reverse slowly out. Next thing...... crunch !
A few swear words rip round my head, but I held it together because my mother was in the car.
Pulled back onto the drive and got out. There's a Ford Ka, parked across the road, opposite my mum's house and I reversed into the rear/side wheel arch area of the car (big plastic areas of the Ka). Looked all over the woman's car, who was present, and who was very, very nice. If it was me, I would have been ranting and raving "blooming stupid woman " :evil:. Her car was fine, nothing to see, as I was only going slowly. Obviously the plastic wheel arches had done their job of just flexing. She said there was nothing to see. We exchanged details but she insisted that I wouldn't be hearing from her.
On the road, beside the Ka was a little bit of black trim. Looked at my car and saw where the little piece of black trim was from. It had fallen off the centre of the rear valance, which holds the reversing lights in place. The reversing light were not smashed but pushed forwards slightly. But no other marks to be seen. No marks on the paintwork, so I actually got away with it very lightly. I've arranged for the car to be looked at tomorrow by my dealer so hopefully it won't cost me too much money. :eusa-think: I've driven the car and there's no unusual noises and everything seems fine, apart from a bit of gap in the rear lower diffuser.
BUT the thing that's now really gauling me is the fact that the reason I didn't really see the car was because the Ford Ka should not have been there in the first place, as it was parked on double yellow lines :eusa-think: My mum's house is almost on a corner, next to a doctor's surgery, so there are double yellow lines on both sides of the road for about 50 yards, so no one should be parked outside, or opposite her house. Is this the reason why the woman was so pleasant? If this did go further for example and Insurance companies were involved, would they see it as her being in the wrong. :?:
Not that I want it to go down the Insurance company route, but it just got me thinking. :eusa-think:
The good thing is no-one was injured :thumbup: