I'm throwing this out to you guys.
I was driving to work and a person was parked in a Bus stop in front of me, on my right, at least 12 inches out from the curb and opened the drivers side door as I approached. I tried to swerve left to avoid a collision but got clipped and got my passenger side scraped and the other car's door tore off my passenger side mirror. Their car and mine sustained damage, mainly to the doors, where the edges of the metal is peeled or folded back a little. My Ins. agent said they were definatelty wrong to open their door into traffic. I have not heard from the other person yet. No one was hurt, no air-bag deployment, and she seemed reasonable. I don't think she is going to make a big deal out of it, meaning, claim it was my fault and make me pay for the damage, etc. Anyone had an accident similar to this? What happened to you guys?
I was driving to work and a person was parked in a Bus stop in front of me, on my right, at least 12 inches out from the curb and opened the drivers side door as I approached. I tried to swerve left to avoid a collision but got clipped and got my passenger side scraped and the other car's door tore off my passenger side mirror. Their car and mine sustained damage, mainly to the doors, where the edges of the metal is peeled or folded back a little. My Ins. agent said they were definatelty wrong to open their door into traffic. I have not heard from the other person yet. No one was hurt, no air-bag deployment, and she seemed reasonable. I don't think she is going to make a big deal out of it, meaning, claim it was my fault and make me pay for the damage, etc. Anyone had an accident similar to this? What happened to you guys?
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