Let me tell you a little story and you’ll realize that your car can have an accident without you driving it!!

I thought that my car would be safest in a parking lot, but I thought wrong. A few weeks ago on Sunday, I awoke to a rapping on my door at around 6 AM. By the time I got up, no one was there so I figured it must have just been a mistake.

Later, when I went to my car, I was startled to find my car smashed on one side, both the rear door and the bumper. So I went to the leasing office, and they told me there had been an accident earlier (no kidding…).

Of course my next course of action was to go to the Sunnyvale Police Department since I was informed they had been on the scene. Unfortunately, it was Sunday, and so the Department was closed. After waiting a day, I went again and was told that they found the police report concerning my accident. However, there had been a problem in the license plate number the Police officer had entered. Just my luck!

Plus, the officer turned out to be a night officer whose duty was from 9 PM to 7 AM, which made correcting the error more of an ordeal. Anyway, believe me or not, but it took over a week and about 10 phone calls to finally receive a police report! And when you think you’re done with the paperwork, there comes the insurance company!!

The verdict: an uninsured driver who was believed to be DUI has wrecked havoc on 5 innocent cars in a parking lot (yes, 5, including mine!). Ultimately, I never thought a parking lot would be a “dangerous” place to park a car, but you know what? I am glad I was not in it

-GT