witness to a minor bump

[tigwig]

I watched this woman reverse into somebodies parked car today causing 2 scratches on the bumper and a slight dent. She started to drive away then decided to park up and have a look. I don't know if she was going to drive off or not until she saw me watching her. I took her number plate and said nothing. Because I walk through this car park 4 times a day it is likely I will see the car that was hit again, should I leave a note on the car saying I saw what happened or just stay out of it?

[anniebird]

Yes - leave a note. The other driver may be very grateful to you. I believe people should always own up to their errors and make amends if possible.

[DSJ]

Yes, do leave a note. The damage may seem minor but it could be expensive to repair.

[Bewlay Bros]

Yes anything to highlight the irresponsible actions of women drivers and the FACT they shouldn't drive at all should be adhered to.

[rabbitygirl]

This may not be an intelligent answer Bewlay but on behalf of women drivers I deliver to you a big, fat, loud

R A S P B E R R Y !

[whiskeysheri]

Hey, Wardy! I've had two pretty serious car accidents since I started driving and both times the other driver was responsible- and they were men! :o)

[weeal]

I once owned up to a slight bumper scrape I caused on a car in my street, I had seen the owner park before so knew who she was, she was extremely grateful and even more surprised that I came to her door and owned up. I couldnt have slept if I hadnt.

[Bewlay Bros]

A staggerring 37 percent of ALL accidents are caused by women.

Ban them from the road and accidenbts will therefore reduce by, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 37 percent.

It really is that easy.

[dot.hawkes]

errrmmm so does that mean that 63% are caused by chimpanzees than wardy? lol

[NORMANTHEDOG]

good one that,dot

[gouldc]

Women may well account for 37% of accidents, but the statistics show that their claims are usually low speed imapcts (ie reversing into walls, clipping parked vehicles, etc).

Working for a well known womens insurers, I can conclude this is generally correct - us blokes (me included) have a tendency to completely wreck our cars and anything else in our way when involved in an accident. The last insurer I worked for, I dealt with taxi, commercial, and modified car policies - yep, predominantly male, so I speak from experience.

So yes, granted taking women drivers off the road would theoreticaly reduce accidents by 37%, but the cost of claims wouldn't significantly reduce as men tend to be the one's who kill and injure other drivers more often.

[sense4all]

I had some fool reverse into my parked car at speed -as I exited a shop, walking back towards my car he looked it over and told me "it woz nuffin love! "-the damage he did cost over a thousand pounds to fix. Please leave the note.