Noticed some pretty bad scratches to the driver's side corner of our Model 3 today; checked the sentry video and sure enough someone sideswiped the car while trying (poorly) to parallel park recently. License plate is clearly visible.
Any advance re: how to proceed? Do folks typically bring video directly to the driver's insurance company after obtaining that info from the police? Contact a lawyer (can they then pursue compensation from the other party for their time)? I would very much like for my insurance rates to not go up given that I wasn't even in the vehicle. In NJ which is no-fault but I understand that applies only to bodily injury, not property damage.
Video clearly demonstrates vehicle being hit as you can see the video wiggle, and it shows the parking of the other car as well as the driver getting out and looking at the damage, but of course since it's the front and side repeater and car was hit on the front-side, you can't actually see the impact itself. I would think this would still be sufficient evidence?
Any advance re: how to proceed? Do folks typically bring video directly to the driver's insurance company after obtaining that info from the police? Contact a lawyer (can they then pursue compensation from the other party for their time)? I would very much like for my insurance rates to not go up given that I wasn't even in the vehicle. In NJ which is no-fault but I understand that applies only to bodily injury, not property damage.
Video clearly demonstrates vehicle being hit as you can see the video wiggle, and it shows the parking of the other car as well as the driver getting out and looking at the damage, but of course since it's the front and side repeater and car was hit on the front-side, you can't actually see the impact itself. I would think this would still be sufficient evidence?
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