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[quote=Anonymous]I think my mid-70s mom may have sideswiped a car/property and I don’t know what to do.

She has an older car, no backup camera. This isn’t the first time she’s sideswiped something. A few years ago I noticed a giant scrape on her car. Initially she claimed she didn’t know what happened, but then suddenly “remembered” that maybe she hit a pole at the drive-thru at the bank. She had neck surgery years ago and a fusion, so it’s hard for her to turn so she mainly uses mirrors to see behind her.

This most recent event, apparently my dad noticed a long scrape along the whole driver’s side, and swirly buff marks, like someone tried to fix it. At first she said she hadn’t seen it until then, but said it “had” to have happened in a parking lot, by a cart, and that whoever hit her car must have tried to buff it out themselves. In the parking lot. My dad (much older, 80s, doesn’t drive) said he noticed a Brillo pad and toothpaste near the car and thinks my mom tried to hide evidence of the scrapes herself, then just didn’t tell anyone it happened when she made it worse, and then played stupid when he pointed it out.

I’m just here hoping she didn’t side swipe someone’s car and just take off! I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to outright accuse her, because I have no idea what really happened. But also, it’s clear she isn’t safely backing up her vehicle anymore. [/quote]

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