So I got in a car accident yesterday on my way home from work. I was less than a mile from my house on a slow side street heading towards the light at the main intersection. I could see the old shitty pick-up truck sitting in the alley trying to cross the road I was on (to get to the other alley), but apparently they didn't see me. They started to pull out as soon as I was in front of them, luckily I caught a glimpse of them as they were about to hit me and I sped up. Sadly I was unable to go fast enough due to cars stopped at the light in front of me and the truck smashed into the back corner of my car... awesome my first car accident. And it only got better from there...
Nobody was injured, the truck was going maybe 4-5mph when it hit me, not even enough to spin my car even a little. So the truck pulls into the alley that it was attempting to get to in the first place, and stops. I back my car up and pull behind them in the alley and get out of the car to make sure they are ok. Two mexican guys get out of the car and are just fine, they walk over towards me and stand on the sidewalk as I call the police. Police are on their way as I stand there with these 2 guys looking at the damage on my car. Between the back wheel and the tail light is bent way in and scraped up, the tail light is intact and works fine and there is no rubbing on the back tire or damage to the tire/rim, the car is totally driveable. As I'm inspecting the damage the two gentlemen start talking to me, the driver asks if he can just give me money and be on his way. I told him that I had already called the cops and they were on their way so I wasn't taking any money as it wasn't my fault. Then the real reason comes out, the driver has no license and no insurance and neither does the other guy that was in the car. So now I'm more angry at that than anything else. They keep trying to get me to follow them to a body shop down the street to get an estimate so they can just give me money without getting the cops involved, I decline and pull out my phone to take down their license plate information and a description of the truck as I just have this gut feeling that they are going to run.
