Accused of scratching a car!

bambinaUK

I would first like to state that this was a false accusation, it simply wasn't me that did it!

I was in Tesco today and parked in a parent & child spot and upon my return a woman stepped out of the BMW located next to me and said I had scratched her husbands car and that he had gone into Tesco to speak to customer services! There was very clearly a scrape on his back left bumper and a scratch on the paint leaving blue paint behind (unfortunately a similar colour to my car).

He returned with a member of staff and was pointing at that my back right bumper had quite a severe scrape on it (this was done by some numpty at work many months ago and had mud on it). I explained to him that it wasn't me and that if he thought about it, I would have had to reverse into him whilst turning at a very sharp 90 degree angle and magically not hitting the car to my left. So a pretty impossible feat. Tesco staff member said nothing and just walked away. I also asked him to look at the front of my car as if I had hit him then that would be the most logical place to look. I also pointed out that I have reverse parking sensors too.

I then drove away. Now my hubby thinks I should have exchanged details with him, but I don't see why this was necessary as I didn't do it. But, im now wondering if the other driver is going to try and claim against me for something I didn't do!

spiro

Sounds like someone trying it on to get a scrape fixed. I would make sure the 'numpty' at work remembers hitting your car in case the other person tries making a claim. You may also want to check for CCTV covering that part of the car park. These days there seem to be too many people out there trying to get damaged repaired by anyone they can set up.

VfM4meplse

bambinaUK wrote: »

I would first like to state that this was a false accusation, it simply wasn't me that did it!

Where's the evidence? The burden of proof is on the accuser.

If Tesco has CCTV that should sort the dispute out for you, although it may not secure the apology you deserve.

bambinaUK wrote: »

I then drove away. Now my hubby thinks I should have exchanged details with him, but I don't see why this was necessary as I didn't do it. But, im now wondering if the other driver is going to try and claim against me for something I didn't do!

Good move. Let him track you down and go to the expense of taking civil proceedings before it gets thrown out of court.

motorguy

spiro wrote: »

Sounds like someone trying it on to get a scrape fixed.

Chances are they've only just noticed the scratch at that point and put two and two together and made 5.

We'd a customer leave a car in for some warranty work and i noticed a scuff on the front bumper but didnt think anything of it.

Of course when the customer came back then they accused our mechanic of having done it. By their attitude i didnt get the impression they were trying to get one over, but truly believed we'd dont it. The truth was they'd maybe had it done earlier in the week or something but only spotted it when it was with us.

Hintza

Who was parked first?

bambinaUK

Hintza wrote: »

Who was parked first?

Not a clue, didn't even look who I was parked next to as it was such a wide space. No CCTV at that Tesco either.

smoky_joe

no cctv at tesco here either,
My brother had his L200 damaged in a tesco car park and it must have been a large vehicle that hit him as it dented the tailgate and bumper, whoever did it drove of and tesco didnt want to know they just quoted the vehicles parked at owners risk line.

I still dont know how the person didnt see it as its bright red, as the damage was quite bad they would have known that they had hit it.

s_b

smoky_joe wrote: »

no cctv at tesco here either,
My brother had his L200 damaged in a tesco car park and it must have been a large vehicle that hit him as it dented the tailgate and bumper, whoever did it drove of and tesco didnt want to know they just quoted the vehicles parked at owners risk line.

I still dont know how the person didnt see it as its bright red, as the damage was quite bad they would have known that they had hit it.

wife was in a garden centre the other week old couple came in and parked but ran down the side of the car they parked next to

guy calmy drove out and parked the other side of the carpark and calmy walked in like butter wouldnt melt
wife gave a witness statement
she couldnt believe what this sweet lucking couple had tried to get away with

emmell

Chances are the scratch was already there and they'd been looking for a similar blue car to park next to, just to blame them (or in this case you).

ML.

split_second

i got accused by some pcso's in a tesco car park last year because someone had their car scratched and my car had scratches on it which were old

Wongsky

bambinaUK wrote: »

I would first like to state that this was a false accusation, it simply wasn't me that did it!

I was in Tesco today and parked in a parent & child spot and upon my return a woman stepped out of the BMW located next to me and said I had scratched her husbands car and that he had gone into Tesco to speak to customer services! There was very clearly a scrape on his back left bumper and a scratch on the paint leaving blue paint behind (unfortunately a similar colour to my car).

He returned with a member of staff and was pointing at that my back right bumper had quite a severe scrape on it (this was done by some numpty at work many months ago and had mud on it). I explained to him that it wasn't me and that if he thought about it, I would have had to reverse into him whilst turning at a very sharp 90 degree angle and magically not hitting the car to my left. So a pretty impossible feat. Tesco staff member said nothing and just walked away. I also asked him to look at the front of my car as if I had hit him then that would be the most logical place to look. I also pointed out that I have reverse parking sensors too.

I then drove away. Now my hubby thinks I should have exchanged details with him, but I don't see why this was necessary as I didn't do it. But, im now wondering if the other driver is going to try and claim against me for something I didn't do!

I don't think there was any need to exchange details - you know you haven't been involved in the damage to the other persons car, so where is your responsibility to disclose details?