What is the name of your state? - California
It's my first car accident ever and I have no clue what I should expect. Even though I have had a driver's license for a few decades, my knowledge about cars and car insurances are very poor because I didn't need to drive most of the time. I started to drive daily when I moved to where I live now, around 3 years ago. I don't know whether my question is actually a legal question or not. If not, I hope you will just laugh and forgive my ignorance.
I had a minor collision when I was backing up in a parking lot. The other driver and I parked our cars on opposite sides of the middle road. The parking lot was packed and people were looking for a parking spot. Before I entered my car, I saw a driver noticed we were leaving and backed up his car to wait for the spot, so I carefully started to back up, trying not to hit the car which was waiting. I was about to change gears, when I felt a slight impact at the back of the car and my son said he thought I had hit something. At that moment, I was actually looking at the gear shifter, not the rear view mirror. I didn't see what actually happened. I didn't notice her car at all. We looked at each other's cars and it seemed the side of my car's back bumper had collided with her car's rear bumper. My car is old and already had some small minor scratches here and there. It was hard to know which scratches were made (if any) by this accident. It was raining and both cars had streaks/areas where the rain was wiped off (most likely by the other car) and slightly scratched. I think that is the place where we collied. However, she pointed out a different big black skid mark kind of line and said she had never seen that scratch on the back of her car. My car is a small coupe, while her car is a large SUV. The scratch on her car was on the little flat area you'd expect to be right in front of the button to open the trunk, right above the bumper. She claimed that the scratch wasn't there before, however I'm skeptical that my car could've made that scratch, considering the location and height differences of our cars.
My car's scratches are just small and I won't do anything about it. Her car is a 2018 Acura SUV. She said it was a lease and would check it with her dealer. I'm assuming we both were backing up and it would be a 50/50 fault scenario. I'm fine with the 50/50 fault, but just in case that doesn't happen, I'm wondering if my front view dashcam videos will help with anything. They show where we parked and the backing up stage when the two cars collided.
It's my first car accident ever and I have no clue what I should expect. Even though I have had a driver's license for a few decades, my knowledge about cars and car insurances are very poor because I didn't need to drive most of the time. I started to drive daily when I moved to where I live now, around 3 years ago. I don't know whether my question is actually a legal question or not. If not, I hope you will just laugh and forgive my ignorance.
I had a minor collision when I was backing up in a parking lot. The other driver and I parked our cars on opposite sides of the middle road. The parking lot was packed and people were looking for a parking spot. Before I entered my car, I saw a driver noticed we were leaving and backed up his car to wait for the spot, so I carefully started to back up, trying not to hit the car which was waiting. I was about to change gears, when I felt a slight impact at the back of the car and my son said he thought I had hit something. At that moment, I was actually looking at the gear shifter, not the rear view mirror. I didn't see what actually happened. I didn't notice her car at all. We looked at each other's cars and it seemed the side of my car's back bumper had collided with her car's rear bumper. My car is old and already had some small minor scratches here and there. It was hard to know which scratches were made (if any) by this accident. It was raining and both cars had streaks/areas where the rain was wiped off (most likely by the other car) and slightly scratched. I think that is the place where we collied. However, she pointed out a different big black skid mark kind of line and said she had never seen that scratch on the back of her car. My car is a small coupe, while her car is a large SUV. The scratch on her car was on the little flat area you'd expect to be right in front of the button to open the trunk, right above the bumper. She claimed that the scratch wasn't there before, however I'm skeptical that my car could've made that scratch, considering the location and height differences of our cars.
My car's scratches are just small and I won't do anything about it. Her car is a 2018 Acura SUV. She said it was a lease and would check it with her dealer. I'm assuming we both were backing up and it would be a 50/50 fault scenario. I'm fine with the 50/50 fault, but just in case that doesn't happen, I'm wondering if my front view dashcam videos will help with anything. They show where we parked and the backing up stage when the two cars collided.
I'm not a person who buys the latest technology gadget when it hits the market, but the auto driven cars are a different story for me. I'll buy it when it hits the market!