Dinged someones car door and drove away

Given that we are talking about a complete non-incident with no damage and nothing to report then everyone should be doing what the OP did and walking away.

No they don't!!

Ffs! 🤦‍♀️

Yes, you should be aware of the potential hazard of somebody opening the door of a parked car without looking first, but that's more to protect yourself rather than because they are in the right.

The way traffic works is that (like it or not) motor vehicles that are moving have the priority over those that aren't and over pedestrians; with the expectation that the onus is on pedestrians not to just step out without looking, and also on stationary cars and traffic approaching from minor roads/side streets not to pull on to a more major road without looking and waiting for a suitable gap.

Of course it's incumbent on all motorists and road-users to be very alert at all times - which would be nigh on impossible if you had to crawl along peering inside every single parked car and allowing for somebody flinging their door open without looking.

What? It’s even part of the hazard perception test to look ahead and be aware of upcoming things like this! You would fail if you don’t look out for them. It’s like a pedestrian stepping into the road. You need to watch out.
If you’re driving so close you take someone's door off then you weren’t paying attention.

I strongly disagree. Are you really suggesting that, in parking a vehicle on a public road, you've also additionally 'claimed' the full width of your open door as well - so there's another three-foot width of empty road that just can't be used by any other road-user?

That's kind of like saying that an eight-foot wide pavement isn't ever safe or sufficient for two people to pass by on, just in case one of them randomly swings their arms out fully without looking!

The smallest fleck of paint and ppl here would be phoning police and insurance companies?
Would most ppl even notice this? No wonder insurance is ever increasing and you can't get through to the police when you need them

It's hardly the end of the world.

In car rental, a scratch is classed as something deep enough to get a fingernail into. Not a tiny fleck of paint.

I’ve re-read the original post and didn’t realise it was only a fleck!

In my case, the part of the bumper was hanging down on open side and some kind of van had scraped right down to the metal right the way across. It was bad on two sides so we still have no idea what happened! One panel had to be replaced entirely.

Can you let me know what dashcam you have please? Mine doesn't pick up anything other than front and rear of the car, and to have one that picks up at the sides would be really useful.

I think the fumes are getting to all the petrol heads

And if you can’t get in the car in order to pull forward, without resting your car door on next door’s car…..? Happens all the time round here with big cars and small spaces. Sounds like you’ll wait around until one of the neighbouring cars comes back, so you can get in your car. Very unrealistic when you can in fact just open your door carefully and get in. Which is what happened in the OP.

I agree in most cases if it was a whack, or knock that caused damage to paintwork.
BUT this car had parked over line and therefore not taken care to ensure the person next to him could open their own door.
if you can’t park with care and consideration, expect the people in car next to you to have to touch their door to your car.
im fed up with the monsterous sized cars taking up space beyond their lines . Or the fact that car parks don’t widen spaces for increased size of vehicle. Not sure which one I’m fed up with. Frankly. But is happening all the time these days.

Decent people don’t!

They really don’t. They say ‘I’m not going to be able to get in this side, it’s too tight. Can you pull forward a bit then I’ll get in?’

That’s what everyone does.

Oh for god’s sake 😂 where there’s blame there’s a claim eh?? There was no damage. OP’s friend was not ‘very wrong’ - car owner will have no clue their car was touched. TOUCHED! The outrage!!

So many crazy overreactions here. OP you didn't even do what your title says. If you left no damage you didn't ding it.

No reason whatsoever to worry about or to have left any details.

All those saying she's a dreadful person and talking about damage are just reading the (incorrect) thread title and going by that.

Bit of an over reaction for resting a door on a piece of metal due to the poor positioning of the second car. There's no point in these responses that equate the OPs scenario with someone creating a massive dent or scratch and driving off.

Nah, that's the person who parked badly

Dramatic…

Yes, if you're a cunt.

It's a tiny fleck of paint!

Are the police really getting involved? nope

How much will it cost to claim on your insurance?

Exactly. Half of these responses are acting as though OP smashed a window and walked away - I wouldn't even notice a tiny fleck of paint on my car, let alone know where it came from and when it got there.

But I live rurally and drive down muddy country lanes and along narrow roads with loose stones and brambles and all sorts. You can't really be precious about your car when you live where I do

I once had to chase after a woman who had parked so close to my car I couldn’t get my baby back in.

I guess the other option is asking the supermarket to put out a tannoy to ask the driver to come to the car if you’re in one of those. But if you’ve parked in a high street car park or something it’s much harder.

You’re right you should check mirrors first. But a cyclist or car etc shouldn’t be going so close to a parked vehicle! That’s so dangerous. Part of learning to drive is assessing hazards ahead. Such as a door opening.

I missed this post. I agree.

And Common sense seems to be not so common.