[Stetbrate]

I know hindsight is a great thing.

But I keep a disposable camera with 24 exposures in the cars glove box.
Anyone crashes into me, I take photos there and then of the damage and where the glass, debris etc is, in relation to the road, and then get the film developed, scan the photos and send one copy to Their insurance and one to mine.

They will pay up everytime, if the fault lies with the other driver.

And if their THAT old then it usually does.

Had this happen twice, once in my car and once in my wife's.

Someone opened their door right into my wife's passenger side door and put a huge crease and dent into it, since the door was then "locked" into position, in the creased metal, they then forced the door back to close it and left sh*t loads of her paintwork on the side of their door.

Then they f*cked off into the local supermarket, without telling anyone, we saw the damage after getting back from shopping.

Since no one was around, I photographed position of both the cars, theirs was parked at an angle, Photographed all the damage and what was obvious signs of her red paintwork on the side of their SUV's yellow door, then I phoned the cops and told them someone had had an accident with my wife's car and left the area.

They turned up about 10 minutes later, just as the SUV owners returned,
They then reprimanded them for not asking who owned the car they'd damaged over the supermarket public address system, and/or leaving any details of their insurance company
under the windscreen wiper of my wife's car.
Then they ran a check from the reg plate, got their details and checked them, then wrote them out for us.

I sent an email and the photos to the insurance company and they paid up a week later, £1400, as the door was totally f*cked, they even busted the electric window workings inside the door.

Paid's to be prepared when sh*t like this happens. [thumbup]