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I was driving, maybe 3/4 into the block, upcoming intersection traffic light turns green so I continue rolling maybe 20 mph. i already had 3-5 seconds of green light before I enter intersection. As I enter into intersection, I notice a car on the crossing street on my left going through its red light, I slam on breaks to avoid having the car hit me on my Riverside door, but we still end up colliding a bit. The woman who ran the red light is really upset and says she didn't see the red light when I exclaimed" Jesus Christ didn't you see your red light??". she wasn't arguing that it wasn't her fault even though she didn't apologize. We talked and she was so upset and distraught.
I only had a paint stuff/scratch on my bumper. Her back bumper next to back right wheel is dented and the edge of the bumper popped out even though she popped part of it back in with her hand. Her damage was much worse than mine. We ended up not calling the police or exchanging info because it would take forever, we both had somewhere to be, I felt bad for her, and i was kind of lazy to go through the whole process as my damage was really small, as her worse damage was already enough punishment for her. We ended on basically "you okay? We good? Okay" and basically parted our ways.
Looking back and talking to friends now I am getting worried as some said in worst case, she could try to scam me and say I left scene of an accident or, try to flip it to her insurance and say that I ran red light and not how it actually happened. I didn't see her taking down my license plate, I took a picture of her plate outside of my car as she was getting back into her car just in case, I had a feeling in my gut I should do that. Is it common for people to do this? I mean technically I think I drove off to work before she left, but we agreed and ended it amicably. My friend being a super pessimist and seeing the worst in every situation says, "what if she stayed at the seen and called cops and then said that I hit her wrongfully and I fled the scene?" I mean there would be no real proof of anything that happened if she did try to file a false hit and run claim or whatever. Should I be worried?
I only had a paint stuff/scratch on my bumper. Her back bumper next to back right wheel is dented and the edge of the bumper popped out even though she popped part of it back in with her hand. Her damage was much worse than mine. We ended up not calling the police or exchanging info because it would take forever, we both had somewhere to be, I felt bad for her, and i was kind of lazy to go through the whole process as my damage was really small, as her worse damage was already enough punishment for her. We ended on basically "you okay? We good? Okay" and basically parted our ways.
Looking back and talking to friends now I am getting worried as some said in worst case, she could try to scam me and say I left scene of an accident or, try to flip it to her insurance and say that I ran red light and not how it actually happened. I didn't see her taking down my license plate, I took a picture of her plate outside of my car as she was getting back into her car just in case, I had a feeling in my gut I should do that. Is it common for people to do this? I mean technically I think I drove off to work before she left, but we agreed and ended it amicably. My friend being a super pessimist and seeing the worst in every situation says, "what if she stayed at the seen and called cops and then said that I hit her wrongfully and I fled the scene?" I mean there would be no real proof of anything that happened if she did try to file a false hit and run claim or whatever. Should I be worried?