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Old 11-24-2003, 08:51 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally posted by krwlz
Lurkette, I love your posts generaly but your missing the point. Bumping someone car is something you have control over. Its not an accident. Pay attention, or park where there are no other cars. Thats all everyone is getting at.
Yes, it's something I have control over, but so is stepping on someone's foot in a grocery store (watch where you're going), or bumping into someone in a hallway, or spilling wine on someone's pants, all of which are the result of carelessness. Forgive me for being pedantic:

ACCIDENT:
1 a : an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance b : lack of intention or necessity : CHANCE <met by accident rather than by design>
2 a : an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance b : an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious <a cerebrovascular accident> c : an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought

Even if it could be prevented, it's still an accident. I have no intention of damaging someone's car.

Am I careless? Sometime, yes.
Should I be more careful? Yes.
Is it the end of the world if I am not? No.
Are all of you who would cry if your car got scratched perfect? No.
Am I a bad bad horrible rotten person who should have her driver's license taken away because she has upon 3 or 4 occasions in her 14 years of driving crept too far into a parking spot and admitted it? I would say no.

I'm not missing the point, or defending my driving. I'm simply pleading for a bit of perspective. You all are acting like it should be a misdemeanor, and people who bump bumpers are responsible for all rudeness and strife in the world and should be taken out and horsewhipped if they don't fall on the ground weeping and plead for forgiveness.
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