Long story short, I was in my Acura Legend pulling out of a parking space that I backed into and a kid in a Honda Oddysey backed up into me when I was 1/3 the way out and took off. I got the idiot's license plate number and the police got his parents to contact me. The kid only hit my front bumper. The plastic around the screw under the hood is cracked, my bumper cover has 5 dents that the parents of the kid "can't see", and there are broken clips that hold the bumper cover on. I talked to his parents and they said their son said he was backing up and saw me in their mirror. He was supposedly honking at my already stopped car to make me get out of the way but he didn't stop. He "didn't think" he hit me.

WTF?

A) that makes no sense whatsoever and is obviously a lie. He didn't see me. I could only hear my honking. This is just such an obvious lie!!!

B) they said there is no damage on their Oddysey. They would know because the bumper was just replaced because their daughter backed into something! Hahahahaha!!! Their new, flexible bumper vs. My 15 year old, weathered, brittle, 223,000 mile bumper? Hmm, I wonder who would have more damage.

And C: I WAS ALREADY HALFWAY OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE YOU D-BAG!!! I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY!!!!

I should be a lawyer. Lol. After all of these apparent lies, his parents still believe him.

So, what steps can i take next if they don't show up tomorrow?

 

did you contact you insurance? you probably have a deductible so you'll have to decide if its even worth a bother.

sometimes in these cases, you should just fix your car out of your own pocket, and if you strongly believe you are not at fault, take the parents to small claims court. It is still a 50-50, you said vs. the kid said.

good luck.

 

I'm surprised the police aren't doing anything as far as him leaving the scene of an accident. Either way, get in touch with your attorney and have a consult and see where you should go.

 

Hit and Runs are a serious thing around here, and people usually lose their license for it.
I can't see the cops not wanting to do anything about this...

 

It's going to end up as a he-said/he-said situation. See if you can get his parents to pay for the damage. Personally I think you will get screwed in this.

 

Not really many options. As I see it:

1) Court, which will be he said/she said in this case.
2) Suck it up and get a new bumper.
3) Do nothing and roll ghetto.

That said, even if you do win a court case, that doesn't mean they'll pay the judgement. And you definitely aren't going to get a dime from these people voluntarily. Ultimately, I'm with Ravi on this; you're SOL.

 

You should be able to get him for the fact that he ran away. It's bull shit if he didn't know he hit you. If he even barely hit you, he would know. If not you have the fact that he ran away and which probably means he will be lying?

As a legal standpoint I can't really tell you what to do.

 

If it turns out that you shouldnt take any action in court go steal his oddyssey bumper

 

I hate paying for other peoples mistakes.

 

Tell them if you don't get satisfaction out of this immediately you are going to have no choice but contact the police regarding a hit and run accident.