I'm a little bit shaky as someone has just hit my car (very slowly, no damage, but, still a bit shaky). I am fairly sure I am right about most of what happened but not sure about all of it.
She and I were parked on opposite sides of the roadway. She needed to reverse out of her space and I needed to drive forwards. We started moving at almost the same time - I think I started slightly before her as I think her reverse lights went on after I started moving, but it was very close.
Now, I remember being taught that if you are reversing, you give way - but my instructor always explained it to me as the reverser. I'd assume it's basically one of those mutual give-way situations where you should never assume either person has right of way, but I was slightly surprised she kept on going.
I stopped and waited, and she had what I thought was plenty of room as I was all of about three foot out of my space. She hit me, very slowly. I didn't get my hand to my horn in time. She got out and said 'I didn't expect you to move!' so I replied that I wasn't moving and I'd stopped. There was someone with a trolley waiting to go past and she agreed with me. And the other lady said 'well I didn't expect you to move at all!' - which I take to mean, she had not bothered to look again after getting in her car and had not realized I would move out of my space at all (ie., she was not looking while she reversed at all).
My car is fine, so this is really petty, but I was a bit cheesed off. I'm pretty sure give she hit me and I was not moving, it was her fault, but should she have given way anyway? Or, if it's not a legal thing (which I think it isn't?), would you in courtesy give way if you're reversing in that situation?