HELP! Need Advice. My daughter backed into her roommates boyfriends motorcycle.?

Damage was done to his mirror and the gas tank was scratched. He wants $900 to repair it.


#1. He parked his bike behind my daughters car and didn't tell her before she left.


#2. It was night and her drive way isn't lite up.


Who's at fault? Should we contact our insurance? I would appreciate some good advice. thanks!HELP! Need Advice. My daughter backed into her roommates boyfriends motorcycle.?
its pretty much gonna be her fault. it was parked and she hit it. thats how the insurance companys are gonna see it. i guess it depends on how much your deductable is if you wanna contact your insurance companyHELP! Need Advice. My daughter backed into her roommates boyfriends motorcycle.?
1. Your daughter should be handling this, NOT YOU. It's her responsibility, let her figure it out. Unless she's on your insurance, which she shouldn't be...if she's old enough to drive, she's old enough to take charge of her own things.





2. He didn't have to tell her where he parked it.


3. It doesn't matter that it was dark.





Both of those are 100% pointless. It's her job to check first, no matter what the circumstances are. Seriously. It takes 1 second to look behind the car, before getting in it. It's not like a motorcycle is a small thing. Dark or not, it would be obvious to see.





She is 100% at fault. She didn't properly check behind her, and hit the bike. End of story. She's responsible for all damages and repairs.
Legally, she is probably over 50% at fault, but he was parked improvidently. He is an *** for parking there, and he is an *** for trying to hold her up for $900 to cover $75 worth of repairs. If he won't settle for about $100, she should blow him off, report it to her insurer and let them deal with it. They are used to dealing with grasping, overreaching plaintiffs. It would not be too hard to paint him as the one in the wrong.





If he had any class at all, he would let her buy him a new mirror, or just tell her to forget about it. The next time he parks behind her, she should just have him towed.
Firstly it seems to me the boyfriend lacked a little common sense in his choice of parking spots, but at the end of the day it was riderless and stationary, the car wasn't....discuss amongst yourselves. I think the key here is to negotiate with her roomie not the boy friend, to get the price down a bit. Convince her to with draw affections until he gets a more reasonable estimate sounds like he is after a new tank when he is entitled to one that looks new. Good luck and tell daughter to do a bit of a circle check before pulling out of any parking spot, its a good habit to get into.
I suppose he's guilty of being stupid for parking his bike behind a car. But I don't think its illegal or a ticket-able offense.





Other than that, I think it'd be her fault for ';not looking'; when backing up. Not that she'd necessarily have seen it anyway.





Maybe you could split the cost $450 each? It'll teach him not to be so stupid and her to look where she's going!
No doubt she is at fault. A driver must always know what is behind when backing.


Depending on how high her deductible is it might be a good idea to just pay for the repair herself without insurance. Chalk it up as an expensive lesson.
As others have pointed out, she wa sat fault.





$900 sounds about right. He is probably doing the work himself. Get the insurance company involved and now a dealer will be doing the work and the costs will be higher.
No matter how you look at it it's her fault. Don't go thru the insurance as it will cost her more in the long run. Ask him to get two or three estimates for the repair and negotiate from there.
I drive a bike. Should I leave a note on the windshield of every car I park behind just in-case?





I think he should get an estimate and she should pay. It is 100% her responsibility
just be thankful it was a motorcycle behind her %26amp; not some little kid playing.


dead kid or damaged motorcycle either way she is responsible.
She still hit it, she is supposed to be in control of her vehicle at all times.





Pay it off, before he gets the insurance involved
That your daughter was technically at fault doesn't make the boyfriend any less of a dumbass.
Buy him a brand new mirror assembly, they should typically run at $35-40 on ebay.


As for the scratch, pay him a hundred, that should more than cover him for patching it.