Parking Lot Accidents While Backing Up

Parking lot Accidents While Backing

Have you ever been in a parking lot accident?
Tell us about it in the comments section below.

[JKB]

I noticed how the video states that the vehicle driving through the parking lot at ANY speed has right of way. That's all these young, immature, reckless drivers need to hear. I see them speeding through the parking lots all the time. At the end of the day, every driver is required to avoid an accident. Now my focus is about parking when I go to the Walmart or grocery store. I try to park in a way that I can avoid backing into a moving lane, because I don't trust others anymore, to use caution.

[stevenlitvintchouk]

Several times. Once I was shopping in the supermarket while somebody else evidently hit my car in the parking lot. I came out of the supermarket to find a nice big dent in my left fender. Hit and run. Another time I had just started my car (transmission still in park) when an SUV pulled out of its parking space and kept backing until it hit the rear of my car even though I had blasted my horn. When we exchanged license and insurance information, the driver told me that she had been talking on her handheld cell phone and didn't hear my horn or see my car. But the worst one happened while I was asleep. Someone hit my car in the parking lot so hard that when I woke up the next morning, I saw that they had pushed my car out of its parking space. No witnesses and no notes. Hit and run.

[wisdomvisionf.]

Happened to me today. Was backing out of a parking spot and was the first one to start backing out and a decent amount out of my parking spot but stopped mid-way to allow 2 pedestrians to cross the parking lot to my left behind me. And in that time, this other vehicle backed in from behind me across from his parking spot. I had honked my horn a couple of times to let him know I was there, but he didn't see and hear me and still backed into me.

I wasn't moving when he backed into me and I saw him coming and I couldn't quickly throw it in drive and drive back into my parking spot to avoid him, it was happening all to quickly. Thinking, he might see/hear me, but he didn't. It was but a small tap to the back of my right corner bumper.

Don't really see any damages to his or my vehicle. So we let it slide, shook hands and went our separate ways.

[yoursana]

hi, i drove to school in my brand new (like 2 day old) car. i came back to my car in the parking lot and see it’s been dented (on the trunk) there is also a couple tiny scratched of paint that came off. it looks like someone backed into it and hit it and then just left. what do i do? talk to insurance abt it? or just get it fixed myself? or talk to my school and try to figure out who did it and have their insurance cover it? i don’t know how insurance and all that works, but i don’t want it to increase my or my cars insurance. i also don’t want it to reduce my cars value bc the dent will go into its history.

[ronaldrowe]

Samething happened to me, I had the right away going straight & a car backed up into me

[jenniferboykin]

Literally going through this right now. I completely back out and was at a complete stop putting my car in drive as I see the car behind/across/next to me at this point bc I’m almost completely straight and stopped start backing up I’m at a complete stop blowing my horn steadily nonstop to which the other driver (15yr old with only a permit no license driver with him) backs in and crushes the back side panel above my back wheel with the tire that hung on the back of his jeep. He is trying to say we were both backing up at the same time. Which thankfully there was a camera from one of the businesses that caught the whole thing in which I get to pick up tomorrow to prove exactly what I said happened was in fact true. The police report put the other driver as vehicle one but I know he can tell his insurance whatever he wants and it’s my word against his so THANKFUL that I have a video of it proving his fault. I feel bad for ppl going thru this and having to deal with someone who would Be lying to try to avoid fault. Should I get a lawyer or just turn in video to both insurances

[ilseeesquives]

What if I was backing out of my parking space, but the person on the parking drive way passed a parking and decided to reverse to get into the parking. While we were both reversing, both cars hit. Who would be found at fault.?

[kb_shaw]

LOL you'd think this is how it would work, but I got backing into while I was driving down the parking lot and I was told that I was 20% at fault because I was driving too quietly and didn't honk my horn to signal I was in the parking lot

[cadenmorris]

it didn't have my scenario. My back left bumper to my back left wheel well is scratch and his back right heel well is scratched

[alannahqin]

Today I was driving out of a parking lot, at a speed of 5-10 km per hour. Slow and a car who was front parked, backed up into my car. He ended up hitting the front side of my passenger door. I believe that he is 100% at fault since I had the right of way in the road, He tried to argue that he was already halfway out of the parking spot yet I am driving perfectly straight on the path and did not swerve in the pictures. He also tried to argue that I was not paying attention in order to share the blame, but my eyes were on the road until I saw the lights of his car light up and the moment that he crashed into the side of my car. Are pictures enough to prove that I am not at fault? The dents made by the car show that there are no drag marks which means i wasnt speeding, and are a clear sign of impact.

[shawnleejr]

What would happen if the driver was not on the car insurance?

[Johnadams]

i was in a situation yesterday. i was parked and there was a very tall and very long pick up truck to my right . i was facing west and backing out so that the rear of mycar would be facing south once i pulled out and drove. anyway. i looked both ways with my head turned before pulling out. there was nothing. i started pulling out very slowly and still nothing. i was at least half way out still not seeing anything then suddenly felt a bump but didn't even see the car. i quickly looked to the car parked dirctly behind me that was staionary it didnot appear to me that i was close enough to it to have hit it. then somehow i readjusted and got out. andnotice behidn me 1 or 2 spaces over behind me there was in fact a car sticking about 3 feet out that wasn't lke htat when i pulled out i also noticed there was someone in the drivers seat.
i suspect this had to be the car. and they likely startedd pulling out a second or 2 after i already started. however because i was very ocncerent about htat reallyl long pick up to my right. i was blancing over there a litle more at that moment t make sure id din't hit it with the front of my car.
i twas my rear bumper and I could almst not evn see anythingalmost at all. i could feel a very very slight indent in a small 8 inches roughse secon but you can't notic eit. almost. and it was on the right side of my bumper theut totally the back.
so what is the situation for me. and i was backingout very slowly. should i be worried about other damage? i did open andclose my trunk fine after this. but i am tryingto figure out if i should make claim and get itfixed or not