If you said “pull over so both drivers can assess the damages”, good on you. If you said “speed away without even acknowledging the other car’s presence”, I need to talk to you about today.
I’m driving along a road that circles a mall parking lot. The road is four lanes, two in each direction, and I’m in the inside lane on the outside road (third lane from the parking lot, in other words). There’s no center lane for people to sit while waiting to turn left into the parking lot, since the traffic doesn’t warrant it. But apparently the blind fucking idiot who sideswiped me while trying to turn into my lane into the exact spot I was occupying at the time thought differently.
Don’t people usually LOOK to see whether or not there’s cars coming before turning left? I really hope I’ve been right in assuming all this time that it’s the responsibility of the person making the turn to be sure the street is clear. I didn’t think it was the cars driving straight that had the responsibility to get out of the way. Because I have these sorts of funny ideas about right-of-way, I was shocked as hell to see a car suddenly appearing inches from my side and trying to merge into my lane. The two cars hit each other for a moment before I could pull into the other lane. Lucky for the stupid bitch, that lane was open, otherwise it could have gotten messy.
Back to the thread title. I would hope that most drivers in a situation like that would pull over to see what damages have been done, who’s responsible, and what have you. Oh no. The damned Scheissekopf continued driving along as if nothing had happened. I followed her for a while, trying to get her to pull over (which seems to be very hard to do without flashing lights and a siren), but apparently she wanted nothing to do with me and tore off. Never mind the fact she could have seriously fucked us both up if I hadn’t noticed in time.
End result: my truck has yet ANOTHER dent in it, and my door makes an odd noise when I open it. I was too surprised to get the fuckin’ idiot’s license or I’d’ve reported her for reckless driving.
Lousy fucking asswipe, you are so damned lucky the damage wasn’t worse and I didn’t get your plate number. I hope a fire truck is forced to ram you off the road when you won’t get out of its way.
[sub]Hm…perhaps a bit long for a minor incident, but this kind of discourtesy pisses me off. How’s it for a first rant? :)[/sub]