Q: A woman accused me of hitting her car and then wouldn’t exchange info with me
As I was backing out of a space, a lady tapped on my window and yelled at me to be more careful because I “bumped” her car. I didn’t recall hitting her and told her so, but I offered to look at my dash cam give my info to her and she changed her story to I almost bumped her and wouldn’t take my info. I told her if she was going to accuse me of hitting her car then I insisted she take my info and let our insurance deal with it. She again refused and told me that I hadn’t hit her car but that I needed to “be more careful.” Her story kept changing and she didn’t want to exchange info so I told her to have a nice day and drove off. My dash cam, as it turns, got unplugged so I don’t have footage of the incident. There’s no damage on my car at all and she never claimed damage on hers and I called my insurance and called the non emergency line and explained the situation. None of them seemed concerned but I just have this bad feeling about her and the situation. Should I file a police report?
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I wouldn't worry. I think putting what happened on paper in case you have to recall it in the future makes sense. You did everything the law requires...and more.
If she does contact you, either turn it over to your ins co or set up a consultation with a private lawyer to deal with her or her lawyer to avoid it going to your ins co.
I don't think it will ever materialize.
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