NHTSA Complaint #11257519 — 2007 FORD ESCAPE

I HAD PARKED MY VEHICLE BEHIND ANOTHER ON PINE CREST DRIVE, A PUBLIC STREET WITH NO DESIGNATED PARKING. THERE IS ABOUT ROOM FOR 3 VEHICLES TO BE PARKED IN THIS AREA, OR 2 VEHICLES IF ONE HAS A TRAILER. I WAS PARKED IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE IT WAS MY CLOSEST OPTION, AND THEN HAD LEFT IT THERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS WHILE I WAS IN BED SICK, BY THEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS GONE. A FAMILY FRIEND WITNESSED THE OTHER DRIVER COME BY WITH HIS 2003 GMC SIERRA, TRY TO PARK HIS VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE, AND BACKED INTO ENOUGH TO MOVE IT 6 INCHES. THERE ARE SOME SCRATCHES AND THE BODY IS BENT A BIT. INITIALLY AFTER TALKING TO HIM WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION HE WOULD COME BACK TO US AFTER CALLING HIS INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT APPARENTLY HE THOUGHT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE UNTIL AN ESTIMATE WAS WRITTEN UP AND CONFRONTED AGAIN. AT THAT TIME HE ADMITTED TO BACKING INTO MY VEHICLE INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE IT WAS "HIS" PARKING SPOT. AFTER CALLING THE DANE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO INVESTIGATION AND NO POLICE REPORT, BUT THAT WE SHOULD FILE HERE.