So, i'm driving my 1990 mercury sable along a circle which connects the various parking lots in a mall, lots on both sides of me. I'm going clockwise around the place so i'm on the inside lane. Well, I see a car ahead of me on the right waiting for me to go by so that they can turn right.
Just then, a girl in a civic (probably 2000-2002 model) is driving up beside that car, on the car's left. At this point, she's in the lines where cars are supposed to be parked, but the lot was kinda empty at the time, being far away from the mall and not christmas. I think it's kinda weird, but I keep driving as normal. But wouldn't you know, she keeps going and hits me at about 30 kmh.
So we did the usual swap information and all. She was like 2 feet shorter than me(I'm 6'4) and looked about 17. This was pretty much confirmed because when I saw her license, it was a paper G2, the actual card had not been sent to her yet. For those of you who don't know about graduated licensing in Ontario, G2 lets you drive alone but with certain restrictions(the full license is a G). Here's the pics I have so far of my ol' car(like my rigging job with the cargo net?):
<img src='http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-6/1031240/brokencarcarshow018(Medium).jpg' >
<img src='http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-6/1031240/brokencarcarshow019(Medium).jpg' >
<img src='http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-6/1031240/brokencarcarshow020(Medium).jpg' >
So my bumper got cracked, and a circular piece that connects it to the body was kinda pushed through the metal interior. I'm kinda dissapointed that my car didn't hold it's composure better hah. Seen some great crashes with older cars that hardly had a scratch on em', while the 2000+ model that collided with it was so badly damaged. The civic's front bumper was crumpled on the left side.
All the time at the scene she was saying "I'm sorry, I didn't see you" and crying and everything, but I rigged up the bumper and left after we got all the information. So her dad calls me about 20 mins later, and wants to go through insurance! There was no convincing him that it would be in his best interests to write a cheque to me after I got an estimate. Some people are so dumb. In Ontario, it's "no-fault" insurance, which means you go to your own insurance company for compensation. But since his daughter is such a new driver, we go through insurance and her premiums will skyrocket, since she was totally at fault. Lucky for me a man was walking by and gave me his name and number as a witness.
She should have seen me, except she was TOTALLY unaware of her surroundings. Even then, she should have seen the car stopped in front of her on the right and put two and two together. Why would that car be stopped if it was okay for her to go? But like my friend said, "never try and rationalize other people's decisions, it gets you nowhere".
All in all, it's too bad the father has to be dumb and not just write me a cheque....he'll end up paying like 4x more than that in premiums for the next couple years. I'll update this thread once I figure out more. Guess i'll have to call the insurance company today.
/rant