Musing With a Purpose
Last year while driving to a friend's house, my daughter got in an accident. Well, someone hit her on the passenger's side, and luckily she was not hurt! She called my cell continuously but where was I? I was out taking pictures and didn't carry the phone with me!
It was not intentional, I swear, but I often forgot my phone than anything else. I have left it at restaurants, I have misplaced it several times, and I have left it in the rain! Is it just me or does it has something to do with age? I certainly want it to be just me, and not the later.
Since my daughter couldn't get a hold of me, she proceeded onto her journey, and did what she thought was the right thing to do. Wrong, I am telling you, it was wrong! She didn't call the police to report the accident, and she only took the guy's phone numbers!
It turned out the guy who hit her was a Detroit Policeman, off duty, and he assured her that he would pay for the damage on her car. She trusted this authority figure, and literally took his words for granted.
After three weeks of jerking us around to get three different estimates, this policeman decided to swallow his promise, and it was too much money for him to pay. We went over this issue, her hurt feelings about this dishonest man who supposed to enforce the law, and how her car look. At the end, we were just thankful that she didn't get hurt, and the car still functions fine.
So for all the teenager drivers out there, do you know what to do?
- Call the police right away
- Get their license plate numbers
- Get their driver license numbers
- If possible, get some witnesses
- Get their proof of insurance
Linking this post to Friday Confessional!
it's just you Icy and me. My late mom would always tell me before that if our body parts are not permanently attached, I would have lost all of mine :( in our most recent trip, i even left my camera twice in the restaurant, thankfully my hubby knows me that he always check after me. a few months ago, i left my purse in the cashier :( thankfully, the cashier kept it for me :)
ReplyDeleteGood advice Icy, for teens and everyone else too. Since most cell phones have cameras these days a few photos might be a good idea too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice, I'm sure it was a valuable lesson for your daughter.
ReplyDeleteAw, that sucks! I'm sorry. But good advice for anyone who gets into a fender bender.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your daughter was ok. This is very important info for everyone and you are right, just because we see a uniform doesn't necessarily mean that they should be trusted.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great lesson to teen drivers. That's a shame that the police officer stiffed your daughter out of the damages. If the shoe were on the other foot, the officer would have expected your daughter to pay for the damages. This is a good lesson not to trust just anybody.
ReplyDeleteIf I knew who the policeman was I would send him this link. I am very disappointed in his lack of integrity and grateful your daughter is all right! Thanks for the wise words.
ReplyDeletethat is just so very wrong...
ReplyDeletei am sorry for her (and you)