balajc
11-09-2003, 09:50 AM
Our BMW got rear ended earlier around 1230am...this might get long
We were coming home from NJ into NY tonite. We were in the middle of that traffic debacle on the GWB at midnight. They were doing construction so that only one lane was open.
We were at (near) the toll-booth right before the GWB (95N). Traffic was crazy and everyone was juggling for position. We were stopped. We felt a slight motion. I thought I might have had my foot off the brake a little so the car lurched a bit. But I also thought the guy behine me might have tapped me.
The problem was that I did not get out of the car right away because everyone was just forcing their way in. And the traffic condition simply will not allow me to get out of the car and get info. I looked at the guy in the rear mirror and it seemed like he knew what he did.
The guy was behine me for a good stretch. After all the crazy traffic merging, he ended up in front of me. (I kinda let him get in front of me so I could get his plates and car model). Once the traffic opens up, I thought he might stop and then he took the first exit off 95N (I think Harlem River Parkway?) I was not 100% sure he had hit me and I was not going to follow him into Bronx at 1am in the morning with my wife on the car.
I finally got home at 2am and when I checked the rear bumper cover, there were indeed 3 dings there. It is not serious but it is a brand new car!!! I knew for sure he had tapped me. I had written down his NYS plate, his car (old Volvo 850) and the description of the people inside.
I called the cops but when they arrived at my house, they informed me since that the incident occured in the NJ side, they have no jurisdiction and I have to call NJ state police.
I called them and they told me to call Port Authority instead. I called them and the guy told me I have to come down there in person to make the report It is only a 20 miles drive, but with traffic that could be a couple hours on the 95 and the cross bronx!!!
Do you guys have advice on what I should do? Did the fact that I did not get out the car and stop him in the middle of traffic void my credibility. Besides there was a clear sign near the toll booth that you should stay inside at all times and with all the cars and trucks merging like mad men, I probably would have gotten run over.
I have his plate, car model, description of passengers, approximate time of the event, and an almost accurate location (Right in front or near the toll booth)
Help???
We were coming home from NJ into NY tonite. We were in the middle of that traffic debacle on the GWB at midnight. They were doing construction so that only one lane was open.
We were at (near) the toll-booth right before the GWB (95N). Traffic was crazy and everyone was juggling for position. We were stopped. We felt a slight motion. I thought I might have had my foot off the brake a little so the car lurched a bit. But I also thought the guy behine me might have tapped me.
The problem was that I did not get out of the car right away because everyone was just forcing their way in. And the traffic condition simply will not allow me to get out of the car and get info. I looked at the guy in the rear mirror and it seemed like he knew what he did.
The guy was behine me for a good stretch. After all the crazy traffic merging, he ended up in front of me. (I kinda let him get in front of me so I could get his plates and car model). Once the traffic opens up, I thought he might stop and then he took the first exit off 95N (I think Harlem River Parkway?) I was not 100% sure he had hit me and I was not going to follow him into Bronx at 1am in the morning with my wife on the car.
I finally got home at 2am and when I checked the rear bumper cover, there were indeed 3 dings there. It is not serious but it is a brand new car!!! I knew for sure he had tapped me. I had written down his NYS plate, his car (old Volvo 850) and the description of the people inside.
I called the cops but when they arrived at my house, they informed me since that the incident occured in the NJ side, they have no jurisdiction and I have to call NJ state police.
I called them and they told me to call Port Authority instead. I called them and the guy told me I have to come down there in person to make the report It is only a 20 miles drive, but with traffic that could be a couple hours on the 95 and the cross bronx!!!
Do you guys have advice on what I should do? Did the fact that I did not get out the car and stop him in the middle of traffic void my credibility. Besides there was a clear sign near the toll booth that you should stay inside at all times and with all the cars and trucks merging like mad men, I probably would have gotten run over.
I have his plate, car model, description of passengers, approximate time of the event, and an almost accurate location (Right in front or near the toll booth)
Help???