I backed my car out of its space being careful to avoid
hitting a huge truck that was jutting out past the lines. I kept close watch in
my mirror. Then I was about a foot away, I stopped, put the car in forward and
drove about ten feet to the stop sign for the inner road of the lot, passing a
truck that entered. Then I drove another 20 feet to the stop sign at the main
road of the parking lot. There was a local police car with an officer writing a
report.
I hear someone yelling and screaming. A red-faced man was
charging my car claiming I hit him. I said I didn’t feel anything or see the vehicles
touch. He continued his red-faced rage. The officer got out of the cruiser with
his hand on his gun, put up hand for the red-faced man to calm down.
The officer looked at me for an explanation. I said, “I felt
nothing, saw nothing.” My passenger said, “We didn’t hit him.”
He looked at the red-faced man and said, “Was there any
damage?” The man said. “No.”
The officer instructed the red-faced man to leave. I drove
away.
Afterward, I checked my bumper and found not even a scratch
or smudge. I can only imagine that the truck that passed me touch this man’s
bumper and he thought it was I who did it.
This event shows how quickly an enraged person can cause a
major incident. Even if he was hit, and there was damage, his response was
totally inappropriate.
