Parking your car in the yard or in an unguarded parking lot is fraught with trouble when hooligans or a careless driver can damage your car. This often happens at night, when it is difficult to find witnesses to the incident and find the culprit. Then you will have to independently investigate the incident and repair the car.
Night Advent
You can only insure your car under the "Damage" clause.
The easiest way in such a situation is to owners of insured cars. If such a car was scratched at night by unknown persons or another car, call the traffic police. The traffic police will draw up an inspection report, in which they will indicate all visible damage and write a refusal to initiate an administrative offense. With these papers, you need to go to the insurance company, show the damaged car and wait for the decision of the insurance company. If the damage is very minor, you can not call the traffic police. And immediately call the insurance company, report the insured event and make an appointment.
Find and neutralize
And what about those owners whose cars are not insured? The algorithm of their actions is somewhat different. If the scratches are very minor, invite your local police officer to inspect the car. He is obliged to come to such a call, draw up a protocol and even initiate an administrative offense case. Of course, there is no chance that they will look for the culprit. But you will have on hand a document confirming the origin of the damage to the car. And it can come in handy in the event of a major accident. If the car is severely scratched or traces of a blow by another car are visible, call the traffic police. They will draw up an accident report and will be obliged to initiate an administrative offense case. Within the agreed time, you will have to come to the traffic police department (analysis group) and pick up the refusal order. Although, of course, suddenly you are lucky and they will find the culprit!
Parking at gunpoint
Unfortunately, no modern security systems are able to protect a car from vandalism.
While the investigation is underway, do not sit idle, look for the culprit of your troubles. If CCTV cameras are installed in the yard, contact the management company. To do this, you need to come to the office and leave a written application with a request to view the recordings from CCTV cameras. Take a closer look at the lower floors of your home. Nowadays, the owners of the first and second floors often place personal outdoor video surveillance. And the cameras look exactly at the parking lot near the house. Talk to the owners of the cameras, most likely, you will not be refused to view the videos. Take a walk in the nearby courtyards. If your car has been scratched or hit by another vehicle, chances are that it is a resident of nearby homes. Look for a car with fresh scratches, dents, paint marks on the bumper - any signs of damage.
