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Citizen complaint of the day: Get this Masshole off my tail!
By adamg on Tue, 09/17/2013 - 8:27pm
A trapped citizen on O Street in South Boston pleads for some help before morning:
So parked in and can't move. Need them to back up so I can get out in morning assuming damage to my car.
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Really?
Looks more like the vehicle in front backed into the vehicle in back, and is trying to cover for it ... if only because backing into things is the usual problem, not driving under them.
I'm trying to think about how this could work the other way ... is it possible for the car in the back to ride under the bumper like that? Or did the front vehicle ride up and over the rear vehicle's bumper?
Are you kidding?
This happens in South Boston all the time. People will drive RIGHT into your bumper like that, to leave themselves with a good amount of space behind them to back out and leave. Frankly, I have no idea how people in South Boston deal with having cars. I don't think I'd bother unless it was absolutely necessary.
Occam's razor never occurs to you, does it?
Always looking for a conspiracy - it must be exhausting. Also, you're full of it on this one, as per usual. The white car could just as easily have been the last car to pull in.
Conspiracy?
How does a hitch end up on top, then?
Besides, we all know that it is a classic masshole move to back into someone and then claim you didn't.
Insurance Fraud
Every hear of that?
Seems to be a national pastime of South Boston and other urban environments.
Way too easy to do in MA - and it often starts with shit like backing into someone and then claiming you were hit by them.
Where do you park your car? I have some damage that I'd like to get fixed, and I bet I can get it blamed on you while you sit there shaving with that razor hahahahahaha.
If they had room to do that...
Then surely they'd have room to get out.
I'm sure she didn't park her SUV on top of that car
Maybe because the SUV in front is taller than the car, it's bumper is higher up??? Yes, really.
@SwirlyGrrl: stick to the
@SwirlyGrrl: stick to the posts about bicycles.
Thank You.
Thank You.
How in the world could you
How in the world could you possibly know that?
property damage; call police
Someone hit your car - call police, not the mayor's office, and report it; it's either a crash or straight property damage.
If push comes to shove, call a towing company - they'll jack your car up, slip dolleys under the wheels, and pull the car straight out.
Good luck with that
They won't come for anything under $1000. Even a fender bender over that they don't bother.
Exactly
There is no Boston Police in this scenario, so you have to be the police. My suggestion is to deflate (but not slash) two of the guy's tires. That's a good way to teach a lesson without causing any real damage.
Don't like it? Don't park against another car, (expletive.)
Passive
Aggressive
Of course Mr. Streetwise left out the part
where you get your ass kicked if the driver in question catches you deflating their tires. Of course, I can't speak on the success rate of vigilantism in Vermont, but what do I know, I'm just a dumb Italian from Revere.
Remember the time I pointed out
That kids don't choose where they grow up?
That was cool.
Yes, but when kids become adults
they usually choose not to encourage vandalism as some sort of solution to a problem. That's even cooler.
Well, civility failed
When the guy parked up the other guy's ass, and anecdotal evidence presented in this very comment thread indicates that police action will also fail. There's little choice for recourse otherwise.
BPD
At least in Detroit the cops would respond albeit 90 minute response.
If the BPD responded to calls like this....
There would be 190 minute response times.
But this is possibly a case where the vehicle in back (or front) rolled because the operator forgot to put the vehicle in the proper gear.
This also happens a lot in winter months where cars will slide on ice out of driveways, roadways, parking spots, etc.
Could also be a case where
Could also be a case where the driver of the SUV parked backed into the car and didn't notice. You'd think it would be obvious, but between the blind spots and many drivers just getting out and walking away without ever even glancing at their crappy parking job. The car could have been bumped from behind by another person maneuvering in or out and rolled forward. I've seen both those things happen.
Unfortunately, this is the hazards of on-street parking in congested city. There's no guarantee you won't come out and find enough space to maneuver back out of the space. I can't tell the number of times I have come out to my car, and found a new gouge or license plate screw indentation on one of the bumpers, or a mysterious scrape. Whatever. If I sweated the small stuff that must happen to my parked car everyday while I'm not driving it (which is 5 out of 7 days of the week) I'd be a basket case.
If BPD responded to calls like this
they might receive more respect.
Insurance Company
The insurance company can track down the owner of the car with just the license plate. This is a slam-dunk to pay for that broken bumper. The picture is enough.
Assuming it's legit. I had a
Assuming it's legit.
I had a sketchy neighbor do exactly that after incurring more than $1000 in damage to my front end. She apparently snapped some photos just like this, submitted them to her insurance company claiming she was hit without. What she didn't anticipate is that not only would it eventually get back to me through my insurance company, but that I would fight it because I didn't hit her. I came out to my car in the morning to find the bumper damaged, the hood crumpled and the grill hanging loose, and I reported to my insurance company without knowing who did it. Not only did she walk away with nothing, she outed herself as the person who damaged my car, and when the insurance company looked at the photos she had other, greater damage to her rear end that my car not have possibly caused.
She's lucky she did it to someone who stuck to working it out through legal means. Not everyone would be so accomodating.
Sometimes, (a lot, actually)
Sometimes, (a lot, actually) people suck.
easy
its called boston bumper cars. You throw it in reverse and push that car out of the way. You kick off the mirrors and you're even. No police needed.
Typical Yuppie
This is just your typical yuppie parking job. Nothing to see here folks, just move along!
Life in the big city!
If you don't like it, get a Bumper Bully like the other wusses.
parking dilemma
Something I've thought about:
You park on the street. Then later someone parks really close behind you (let's say they get within a fraction of an inch, but don't actually touch your bumper), and someone else parks really close in front. So you can't get out.
Whose fault is it? I don't think there's any law about parallel parking too close if there are no marked spaces or meters.
And more importantly, how do you get out? Will the police/parking people help? Can you call a private tow truck? Should you try to shove one or both of the other cars using your car, damaging everyone's bumpers in the process? Or are you stuck until one of them decides to leave?
Parallell parking too close is extremely inconsiderate..and mean
Maybe people in the community or communities where this kind of thing is a regular occurrance who have more consideration of other people should band together and make it clear to the offender(s) that this kind of thing won't be tolerated.
What does that mean? Not
What does that mean? Not just the boxed-in driver should leave a note -- there should be a note signed by everyone in the community?
Starts & Stops
I seem to remember from the Boston Globe column that there isn't a law covering how much room you have to leave when parking behind someone. If you cause damage, you would have to pay for it. Bit of a Catch-22, to be fair.
If there were such a law, how
If there were such a law, how would the person enforcing it know which car to blame?