MassWineGuy
Well-Known Member
So last week I was driving down a one lane road to where it splits into a left turn lane at a light. I had just gotten into that lane driving about 5-8 mph when BAM, my right side mirror hit a pickup truck’s driver side mirror in the adjacent lane. Or so I thought. I was watching clearances on both sides carefully so was totally unsure how that happened.
We turned the corner and pulled over. The guy was very pleasant and said “I don’t want to get you in trouble with your company or get insurance involved.” The glass in his mirror was intact, the plastic molding around it had a piece missing. My mirror was completely gone. I was extremely scared of being written up and thought his idea sounded good. We exchanged phone numbers and the plan was to buy him a new mirror on eBay and send it to him. I called my manager moments later and said that I’d slid on ice and hit the mirror on a street sign.
A few minutes later I decided I just couldn’t lie and I’d tell her what I believed had occurred. I texted the guy and asked for photos of his license and registration. He replied that someone where he works told him the mirror was already broken earlier that day. He apologized for the inconvenience.
So after pm sort we sat down and I apologized for lying. She grew suspicious of the other driver for not giving his or asking for my information. She thought if I’d hit his mirror it would have shattered and mine would have folded in. But if he hit me from behind my mirror would likely have come off, which it did, and the glass in his may not have broken.
The report read that the other driver passed me in the adjacent lane and hit my mirror. Not preventable. And that he didn’t provide his driver information.
So my three year safe driving streak continues.
We turned the corner and pulled over. The guy was very pleasant and said “I don’t want to get you in trouble with your company or get insurance involved.” The glass in his mirror was intact, the plastic molding around it had a piece missing. My mirror was completely gone. I was extremely scared of being written up and thought his idea sounded good. We exchanged phone numbers and the plan was to buy him a new mirror on eBay and send it to him. I called my manager moments later and said that I’d slid on ice and hit the mirror on a street sign.
A few minutes later I decided I just couldn’t lie and I’d tell her what I believed had occurred. I texted the guy and asked for photos of his license and registration. He replied that someone where he works told him the mirror was already broken earlier that day. He apologized for the inconvenience.
So after pm sort we sat down and I apologized for lying. She grew suspicious of the other driver for not giving his or asking for my information. She thought if I’d hit his mirror it would have shattered and mine would have folded in. But if he hit me from behind my mirror would likely have come off, which it did, and the glass in his may not have broken.
The report read that the other driver passed me in the adjacent lane and hit my mirror. Not preventable. And that he didn’t provide his driver information.
So my three year safe driving streak continues.