Is it my fault I scratched my car?

[HadToWreckMyCar]

So I’m in a situation where I scratched my car whilst driving, but wasn’t really given another choice (there was one other choice but it would’ve been a nightmare). I’m wondering who you would hold at fault for this?

I have a diagram, I’m uploading from a phone (please excuse the scribbles my toddler grabbed the pen 😂)

[Heismyopendoor]

Car was blocking the car park but you still squeezed in?

[Finfintytint]

Yes. It’s only a scratch though. Easily rectified.

[Popc0rn]

Whoever was driving the green rectangle.

Did you scratch it on another car?

[JustInCaseCakeHappens]

well, if there's not enough space for your car to go through, it's your fault if you go anyway?

Is that what you meant?

[Aloe6]

Your fault. Sorry. Hope it can be easily fixed.

[RedRed9]

Are you the green car or the blue car?

Are you reversing or turning or parking or... what?

What are the round bits on your diagram?

[Finfintytint]

The round bits are toddler art.

[HadToWreckMyCar]

I am the green car and the purple lines are tall brick walls.

This is school run, gridlock traffic.

The blue car wasn’t visible from my vantage point and I was driving into the car park. Blue car was the only one not correctly parked in the bay.

I had committed to turning in and got part way before realising I’d never get past the blue car.

The pink cars went back in both directions and followed me when I moved (getting right up my back end). There was 15-20 cars behind me so the chances of reversing were extremely slim.

My only options (in my eyes) were to squeeze through the gap and know I’d damage my car. Or sit and wait, at peak school leaving time and hope the person in the car would arrive at some point

I went through the gap and took the paint off the side of my car. Could I have done anything else?

[pussycatinboots]

What did you scratch your car on?

[Hingeandbracket]

So I’m in a situation where I scratched my car whilst driving, but wasn’t really given another choice
Yes you were.

[HadToWreckMyCar]

(Sorry for writing the explanation in a separate post!) 🙈

[RedRed9]

The teeny tiny neat ones, @Finfintytint (maybe bollards?)

[Nicknacky]

You had one other option, reverse out and find another space.

[HadToWreckMyCar]

The little purple dots in the entrance are metal poles, I scratched my car on the right hand one

[Nicknacky]

Sorry, just seen that other cars were behind you. Then they would have to reverse if not one is getting through without damage. Did they follow you and also damage their cars?

[GhoulWithADragonTattoo]

Is the blue car reversing or driving out? If you are in the green car you should wait until the way is clear.

[HadToWreckMyCar]

Nicknacky, I couldn’t reverse as a lot of other cars had me gridlocked

[HadToWreckMyCar]

Blue car was parked and the driver had left it

[SimonJT]

You could have waited, or not turned in and parked elsewhere. You essentially purposely drove into a wall...

[pussycatinboots]

ah, cross posted.
Did you damage the other car?
If not, just get it repaired either through your insurance or if it's an old banger/not that bad (no dents) get an independent garage to quote for a respray.

[Nicknacky]

So did they follow you and damage their cars?

[RedRed9]

The person who left the blue car like that was a dick.

But it’s your fault. Obviously don’t purposely drive through a gap when you know it will scratch your car!

[JustInCaseCakeHappens]

If you can't go through, you stop and wait until the ones gluing you get the message and reverse too.

I am not sure scratching your car, and the other car in the process, would have been the solution chosen by the majority, it wouldn't have been my own choice.

[Popc0rn]

I went through the gap and took the paint off the side of my car. Could I have done anything else?

...you could stopped your car, got out and had a look, decided you wouldn't get through without damaging your car and waited for the blue car to come back? If it's a car park for school pick up they couldn't have been far away

[HadToWreckMyCar]

So the other cars were continuing forward and not turning, but I could t reverse back to re-join that queue as they had all pulled right up inches behind me expecting me to continue into the car park

For me to reverse I would have had to try and get 20 cars to reverse back up the road and it leads out onto a main road at the end