So Just How Honest Do You Think People Are ? Be Honest...

[Science Friction]

About a week ago, I was at a local eating establishment. When I left and came out to my car, I noticed a relatively small but very noticeable dent and paint damage on the passenger side of my vehicle. I'd say there's probably $300-400 damage. Someone had obviously hit my car while pulling in next to me. Of course, there's was no note left telling me how to contact the guilty party.

 

I got to thinking about what percentage of people would actually try to locate the owner of a car that they had just hit. All they would had to do was find me in the restaurant or leave a notice for me to contact them. I told my father that I believe less than 1 in 10 would be honest enough to do this, although I suspect the number is more like 1 in 20. We live in a very dishonest society. Most people are dishonest to some degree.

 

What do you think? Have you ever found yourself on either end of a similar situation? Do you believe, as I do that maybe only 1 in 20 would try to find out who the owner of the damaged vehicle is? Do you think people are more honest than that?

[HammerTime]

If I hit it hard enough to chip the paint I would leave a note for sure.

 

I'd put the number closer to 25%.

[SnottieDrippen]

Someone knocked out my bumper out of place, along with the unnecessary rubber on it and knocked my headlight out of its "socket."

 

I had to fund that repair.

 

I'm with you on 5-10%. Maybe lower.

[Science Friction]

Now that I've said how dishonest I think people are, in general...a little story. A few years back, I was in Lexington around Brandon Crossing area. I had just stopped at a traffic light when I thought I felt an ever so slight bump. I thought maybe the car in the back of me had nudged my vehicle but I really wasn't sure. I proceeded on for about two or three miles and pulled into a Shell to get some gas. I was pumping the gas when a young lady about 23 years of age came over to me and said she had followed for three miles and that she thought she had hit my vehicle and wanted to see if there was any damage and give me her insurance information. I looked and there was no signs of any damage at all but she still insisted that I take her insurance information in case I noticed something later and wanted to contact the insurance company. I couldn't believe she had actually followed me trying to chase me down to tell me she had bumped into my car.(I'm still not even convinced that her car even made contact with mine) The fact that the car I was driving that day was a Mercedes made her honesty all the more impressive. There are honest people out there; they are just in the minority, I'm afraid.

[rockmom]

I actually have lots of examples that people Re surprisingly honest....Except when it comes to vehicular incidents. Many years ago, I was preparing to turn left on a two way street in Old Louisville when the person behind me tried to pass me just as I actually turned, t-boning my driver's side door. They backed up and took off. In 2014, I was rear ended at a stop light right in the middle of one of the busiest streets in Louisville, and somehow the chick was able to back away, turn down a side street and disappear. Only a couple of months later, my daughter was rear ended while sitting at a stop light. He backed up, went around her on the driver's side and somehow managed to hit her again and still fled.

[Science Friction]

Someone knocked out my bumper out of place, along with the unnecessary rubber on it and knocked my headlight out of its "socket."

 

I had to fund that repair.

 

I'm with you on 5-10%. Maybe lower.

 

:thumb:

[Science Friction]

I actually have lots of examples that people Re surprisingly honest....Except when it comes to vehicular incidents. Many years ago, I was preparing to turn left on a two way street in Old Louisville when the person behind me tried to pass me just as I actually turned, t-boning my driver's side door. They backed up and took off. In 2014, I was rear ended at a stop light right in the middle of one of the busiest streets in Louisville, and somehow the chick was able to back away, turn down a side street and disappear. Only a couple of months later, my daughter was rear ended while sitting at a stop light. He backed up, went around her on the driver's side and somehow managed to hit her again and still fled.

 

Oh yeah, you just reminded me of an incident about two years ago in Corbin. I had stopped at a red light and a white pickup rear-ended me from behind so hard that it knocked my phone out of my hand and into the back seat. It was a driving rainstorm so I was hesitant to get out and I didn't want to leave the car right there in the middle of this high traffic area with virtually zero visibility due to the rain. I was adjacent to a Shell station so I just pulled off the road and into the Shell anticipating the truck to follow me. (I was more trusting at that time, apparently). WRONG!!! The truck just high-tailed it out of there ! I still have whiplash symptoms to this day as a result of that incident.

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

5 years ago? I'd be gone.

 

I'd find you today.

[plantmanky]

I actually have lots of examples that people Re surprisingly honest....Except when it comes to vehicular incidents. Many years ago, I was preparing to turn left on a two way street in Old Louisville when the person behind me tried to pass me just as I actually turned, t-boning my driver's side door. They backed up and took off. In 2014, I was rear ended at a stop light right in the middle of one of the busiest streets in Louisville, and somehow the chick was able to back away, turn down a side street and disappear. Only a couple of months later, my daughter was rear ended while sitting at a stop light. He backed up, went around her on the driver's side and somehow managed to hit her again and still fled.

 

Note # 1 dont ride with rockmom around Louisville, lol.

[plantmanky]

About a week ago, I was at a local eating establishment. When I left and came out to my car, I noticed a relatively small but very noticeable dent and paint damage on the passenger side of my vehicle. I'd say there's probably $300-400 damage. Someone had obviously hit my car while pulling in next to me. Of course, there's was no note left telling me how to contact the guilty party.

 

I got to thinking about what percentage of people would actually try to locate the owner of a car that they had just hit. All they would had to do was find me in the restaurant or leave a notice for me to contact them. I told my father that I believe less than 1 in 10 would be honest enough to do this, although I suspect the number is more like 1 in 20. We live in a very dishonest society. Most people are dishonest to some degree.

 

What do you think? Have you ever found yourself on either end of a similar situation? Do you believe, as I do that maybe only 1 in 20 would try to find out who the owner of the damaged vehicle is? Do you think people are more honest than that?

 

With the way people drive today, I wonder if 4 out of 10 drivers would even know they hit you.

[plantmanky]

To this day the damage on the front bumper of my care still exist from where someone (I still say it was a Twenhofel parent, lol) backed into me at the Independence Krogers and just left. Thats been almost 6 or 7 years ago now. Bambi tried to add its mark about 4 years ago as well. That bumper has been through hell.

[Science Friction]

To this day the damage on the front bumper of my care still exist from where someone (I still say it was a Twenhofel parent, lol) backed into me at the Independence Krogers and just left. Thats been almost 6 or 7 years ago now. Bambi tried to add its mark about 4 years ago as well. That bumper has been through hell.

 

Bambi probably feels more remorse(if she survived) than the person who backed into you.

[Run To State]

I think in general, people suck, so not very honest overall.

[Jumper_Dad]

My experience is that most people are honest, it's just the dishonest ones seem to always be the ones we notice. Dishonest people in my experience are the same people that are careless drivers, the people that will pick tips up off of a table and the people that will drive or run away from responsibility.

 

Ask any Police Officer that you know, if most of the crime and especially theft isn't committed by a very small percentage of the population. I've sat in court more times than I can count with my job and you see the same people over and over.

 

Young people a lot of times will run from parking lot dings and fender benders, not because they are dishonest but because they are scared...that doesn't excuse it, I'm just saying it isn't because they are dishonest.

[Science Friction]

I think in general, people suck, so not very honest overall.

 

Sadly, I think you are on to something there. I do think that man's nature is good but something goes terribly wrong along life's path and he becomes corrupt.