"Only if you have time to follow the case...."
In most cases we don't really have time to cover our own loss. So you decide at the spot, whatever it be and don't involve the police unless it's a major blow that calls off that day of yours from anything else you wanted to do.
Similar stories like autophile,
Once my C-180 was banged among some 5/6cars on LAhore canal due to a kid that fell off from his bike some 4 cars ahead of me. The first 3 cars hit each other and i was the second last among all 6...
I wanted to pull out the keys of iDSI that hit me from back when the civic boy whom I had hit from behind came for his broken bumper. That iDSI guy slipped while the civic guy gave me his address/number and took mine to compensate his loss. I had to return home because of a broken headlight while I was headed to islamabad.
I was always told that it's the one hitting from rear who's always at fault...
I went to his address at night but couldn't figure out from peeking at his fate whether he got his bumper fixed or not (that was so childish on my part). The next day we met, he said he won't accept repair so either I pay him or get his bumper replaced from Honda. I paid 5000 for the new bumper and its paint.
Once I was waiting for my turn at a MP check post, this time leaving Multan for LAhore. Suddenly I felt a bang and guess what, a meh ran hit me from back while I was literally stopped at the queue.
As I got out immediately, the guy was talking on mobile that I took from him immediately. He said "Bhai brake he nai Lagi" and I was so angry for that lame excuse.
One MP personnel requested us to get aside that I did immediately.
He noted down our details and asked me whether I wanted to call the police or settle things ourselves.
I asked for the compensation of my broken bumper, meh ran guy told me he had only 300rupees in pocket.
I took out his original CNIC and number as he agreed to pay the loss later and continued for LAhore.
I called him from LAhore that I am getting the bumper fixed, not replaced but would take the amount for repaint and he said OK and asked me to wait at Kabirwala (before Multan) on my return. I called him as decided but he never answered afterwards... I don't have time to follow anyway.
Once a chingchi was driving so close me in a bazar, I could see him I rear view mirror and thinking it would hit me. I did not have space to let him go, Suddenly the car in front of me stopped while I was hardly at 20-30kmph and had to stop as well. That chingchi hit my civic leaving scratches at the trunk, I got really annoyed and wanted to pull out his keys when he almost went for a fight straight and left dirt marks on my white shirt as he held that... The mob requested to forgive him and I felt really helpless....
Calling the police is not the solution as once I was going to the doctor as per appointment while a mehran banged my rear left door out of no where. He wanted to put it on me but the witnesses immediately got involved and told him it was mistake.
I asked for my loss compensation but he said "Mera zyada nuksaan huwa hai" that made me call the police.
They reached at the spot in 10mins while called twice to know my exact location. Police also requested is to settle down the affair but when we could not then he announced, "let's go to the police station and file some 740 ka case and then we will investigate"...
I agreed while I never wanted to do that. A guy from mehran again requested to let them go and I agreed to that asking police if they did not have any objection. I wasn't sure they would let us go like that...
So it vary case to case but most of time you should avoid a fuss, it's your luck that you encounter a reasonable person or some more obvious fuss-creators...
Sorry for taking so much time for my stories...
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