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I was sitting still at a yeild behind a couple other cars at 141 and big bend in west st louis county, and some lady smacks the back of my 99 z28.
It was a low speed collision. The damage resulted in several spider cracks through the paint on my rear bumper. I pride myself in the condition of my car. This damage is very bothering to me even if it is only cosmetic. When the officer pulled up he immediately seemed to have a confrontational attitude. Maybe it was the fact that I was the 26 year old guy in the Camaro, but he would not work with me at all. At first he told me he was not even going to write a report. He questioned me several times how her car could cause the type of damage I described. I was unaware that I had to be an auto body expert in order to get a police report written.
When he finally realized where the damage was he told me that I could not prove the damage came from this incident. How in the world could I have proved something like that??? Do I need to take pictures of my car and date them every time before I take it out? Its ridiculous.
Eventually he agreed to write a report (though he was clearly not happy about doing so). At first he stated he would write a report that said "driver believes the damage was caused by the accident but could not be proven". What the heck is that? When he came back to my car he gave my wife attitude as well as to why she did not have an ID on her. We had just been at the gym where she does not like to carry an id, and she was not driving nor did she have any plan on driving. I do not see why it was a problem that she did not have an ID.
The officer would also not share what he had put in his report, maybe this is standard procedure? I do not know.
Now I'm worried that he didnt indicate in the report that the damage was caused by the other driver, and I'm concerned that I may have issues getting my insurance to pay. She was covered by Country Financial, I have full coverage by state farm.
It was a low speed collision. The damage resulted in several spider cracks through the paint on my rear bumper. I pride myself in the condition of my car. This damage is very bothering to me even if it is only cosmetic. When the officer pulled up he immediately seemed to have a confrontational attitude. Maybe it was the fact that I was the 26 year old guy in the Camaro, but he would not work with me at all. At first he told me he was not even going to write a report. He questioned me several times how her car could cause the type of damage I described. I was unaware that I had to be an auto body expert in order to get a police report written.
When he finally realized where the damage was he told me that I could not prove the damage came from this incident. How in the world could I have proved something like that??? Do I need to take pictures of my car and date them every time before I take it out? Its ridiculous.
Eventually he agreed to write a report (though he was clearly not happy about doing so). At first he stated he would write a report that said "driver believes the damage was caused by the accident but could not be proven". What the heck is that? When he came back to my car he gave my wife attitude as well as to why she did not have an ID on her. We had just been at the gym where she does not like to carry an id, and she was not driving nor did she have any plan on driving. I do not see why it was a problem that she did not have an ID.
The officer would also not share what he had put in his report, maybe this is standard procedure? I do not know.
Now I'm worried that he didnt indicate in the report that the damage was caused by the other driver, and I'm concerned that I may have issues getting my insurance to pay. She was covered by Country Financial, I have full coverage by state farm.
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