to be really cross with the stupid drunk woman who reversed into my car last night, even though she is a friend of a friend

[Enid]

because I am bloody FURIOUS with her and finding it hard to laugh off

my rear passenger door is crushed inwards

and it made my blood boil when I just rang her and she said 'oh i hear its the third accident you've had in that car'

as if it was MY BLOODY FAULT

We went to a birthday dinner last night. I drove home - reversed out of the car park space, stopped to check where we were going and make sure everyone was strapped in (had 2 friends in the back) and she reversed slowly into me from the opposite space - she was quite pissed clearly and just didnt look!

Dh is cross with me for not sounding my horn - it happened too fast for that - and the friend whose birthday dinner it was seems to think its all quite amusing. Just spoken to the other woman and she is trying to laugh it off.

but I am cross cross cross

I would be fuming

i agree with CD on this one

still a total PITA

she does sound very irritating to just write it off as a bit of a giggle..

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dh now cross with me as I failed to get her details properly

If i dont have an email by 11 i will ring and get arsey

Agree there is no point involving the police now, or mentioning the d/d issue to her. But the insurance thing is much more worrying.
Good luck with sorting it missus

Enid, you don't need her details to report it to your insurance people. You just need her registration number.. they will sort the rest out. you don't even have to speak to her directly if you don't want to.

Oh and I agree everyone in the country drinks & drives.. more so when they are born and bred there iykwim.. I do not drink and drive and I think I am seen as an oddity where I live

I love my little multipla

of course she had a mahoosive vw tourag

a tiny bit of grey paint on the bumper she said, buy german next time

one of my friends crashed his car in a country lane whilst over the limit and no-one found him until the next day, by which time he had bled slowly to death This was over a decade ago though and tbh i thought attitudes would have changed by now

Ooh, she's vile!

Christ, why is your DH getting mad with you? If he's so mad about it, let him ring her.

yes, she is vile

also her and another couple played a trick on my friend by telling B (my friend) that her (vile woman) husband was the chef. then my friend was confused when he sat down with us and it was all annoying and immature and pathetic

Where I live people are being killed on the roads all the time, because of idiots drinking and riving or other idiots thinking that as it's a country lane it's quiet enough to drive at 150 million miles an hour down it.

I's have probably called the police last night, or at least tried to get someone else to drive her DH's car home, rather than her.

WRT the insurance, if it's a company car then it's possibly got spousal insurance, DP's has, but only for third party so if there is any damage to the company car it wouldn't get paid for, so although she may have been covered to drive it, it could be that he'll be in big shit and have to pay unless they say he was driving iyswim.

enid not everyone drinks and drives in country i dont live there but go there and many locals drive to venue andleave cars take taxi home collect next morning, lifts, etc PIL or friends NEVER drink and drive, designated driver etc..

this is one thing i truly beleive has changed for good here attitude to drinking and driving

OP cross?! love the thread title, i would be hopping mad with the silly cow and the attitude to go with it..
would ensure it gets sorted would take no snash

none of us had a pen! Well I didnt have one - we agreed to talk this morning

no I know not everyone does - I dont

but lots of people do

I don't see why anyone should turn a blind eye to drink driving
would you ignore other antisocial, illegal, downright dangerous, selfish, potentially lethal behaviour on a regular basis?

not that I am fussed about it or anything

I don't see why anyone should turn a blind eye to drink driving
would you ignore other antisocial, illegal, downright dangerous, selfish, potentially lethal behaviour on a regular basis?

not that I am fussed about it or anything

If she has refused to give her insurance details, she deserves to be reported to the police whether drunk or not. They take a dim view of people leaving the scene of an accident without observing the necessary protocols, but unfortunately it is too late now for an blood alcohol test. The best you can hope for is statements from others at party who saw the accident, and/or will say she was drunk. Make sure your insurance company is aware the accident has taken place, they will advise as how best to manage this. Frankly, sounding your horn would have made no difference to some one whose reaction times were compromised due to alcohol. However she may argue that you had reversed out first, and she thought you'd already driven off. As a matter of interest, why did you not check everyone strapped in, directions, etc, before you left your own parking space? Although overall it still means she should have been looking.

YANBU. Friend-ship aside, she will keep doing this if she thinks she can get away with it, next victim might not be as lucky.

Enid, I had a similar thing recently - I rang my insurance company with just a registration number and they were able to trace the driver and her insurance details immediately. I think you do need to report it at least to your insurance company.

Have you got her number plate ?

I dont know why I stopped tbh
I just did, I think my friend was asking me something and it seemed like a good moment to pause

anyway that doesnt matter as she reversed without looking

YANBU perhaps when you make a claim against her insurance she will stop laughing.

Drinking and driving isnt big or clever - it just proves what a f*ckwit she is.

Ive just read the rest of the thread...im not surprised you dont like her...id say "I dont need to buy German I dont drive into stationary vehicles!!" Actually im really cross on your behalf she sounds like a moron.

If she doesnt give you her details just hand it over to your insurers, I am sure they will get them from her

She has sent details

so over to my insurance co and looking forward to my lovely big hire car