Does scratching a car (minor) when pulling out the garage make you a bad driver?

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PhotoFenix@reddit

You get one freebie for colliding with an object that has not moved since it was constructed.

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leftfootbraker@reddit

Once? Nah. Twice? Ok, maybe. Three times? Better stop parking in the garage you are a bad driver.

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One_Evil_Monkey@reddit

Once, twice, three times a lady.... at some point it's no longer Lionel Ritchie or the Commodores....

It's just comma, and the doors.

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One_Evil_Monkey@reddit

Thank you... I'll be here all week.

Unlike the OP's paint... badump, tss..... 🥁

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OneEyedDoofus@reddit

if you hit anything while driving, ESPECIALLY something as easy to avoid as this, you are a bad driver. Have you tried not hitting anything?

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Nervous_Hurry_9920@reddit

I consider myself a great driver. Very safe, very aware. Last ticket was in '06.

I used to race the backroads/canyons and can finesse the fuck out of stick shift.

I scratched my expensive luxury car backing into my driveway like a week ago. Shit happens

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slartibartfast64@reddit

I consider myself a great driver. [...]I scratched my expensive luxury car backing into my driveway

LoL.

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slartibartfast64@reddit

Passive voice avoidance mechanism is so lame.

What shit happened? Like, some inanimate object jumped into your path?

Or did you just screw up but can't bring yourself to say you screwed up?

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Nervous_Hurry_9920@reddit

I scratched my expensive luxury car backing into my driveway like a week ago. Full ownership. Dead stop.

I fucked up. The shit that happened was I scratched my car

Good enough for you?

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if you're 16 and it's your first time backing out of the garage and there was not an experienced person there to help you, maybe not. If you've been driving for ten years and you just weren't paying attention and oops you slid into the wall....maybe.

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PageRoutine8552@reddit

Maybe? I stopped caring whether other anonymous AI agents on the net consider me a good or bad driver. Besides, everyone thinks everyone else are terrible drives aside from themselves, so I’m already a bad driver, lol.

Look at it this way, depending on context, scratching the garage hasn’t put anyone’s safety at risk. There are worse ways to be a bad driver.

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kepenine@reddit

Accidents happen, but more then twice, yeah, same with leople that curb wheels

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Geezerglide1@reddit

Yes!

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tricksybagginsess22-@reddit

Unforgivable

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Dazzling-Rest8332@reddit

Nawww I drive a lot more than the average person. Only accident I ever caused was when I backed my car out of the garage and hit my ex wifes car in the driveway. I forgot she was home that day. Smh.

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ImplementLogical4130@reddit

You need to realize controlling your car makes you a good driver, not holding on to your steering wheel at 100 mph

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loweexclamationpoint@reddit

You'll probably be one a better driver because you'll check the side clearances next time and all the times after that.

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3D-Printing@reddit

Get some of those stick on circular blind spot mirrors, they let you see the (lower half of) the side of your car, lane markings and where you are in the lane/garage. Those really help me to know where my car is, as I can actually see the markings on the road relative to my car.

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Equivalent_Thievery@reddit

Yes.

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ChemistRemote7182@reddit

One off mistakes happen, repeated mistakes are on you

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No-Act-7333@reddit

Out of a garage? Yes, bad. It's like you didn't even try.

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Auqakid07@reddit

Kinda. Really depends how many times and how often. A couple times in a lifetime, then no. More than once a year, maybe. Twice in a month, yes.

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rac1283@reddit

Nope. Makes you human. We all make mistakes.

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KittiesRule1968@reddit

More than once? Yes, you're a bad driver.

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ArnoldFarquar@reddit

you sure weren’t driving well when you scratched the car

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sdk5P4RK4@reddit

you're only as good a driver as the length of time since your last incident.

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Glittering-Ad5809@reddit

Let me put it this way. If you can't maneuver a car out of the garage at 1 mph without hitting something, you're not exactly a GOOD driver.

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Shot_Rent_1816@reddit

Heck no, if you keep drinking and driving or being on your phone alot while driving does

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Ziesyy@reddit

Nope!

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Theguyoutthere@reddit

Yes normally

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CakesForLife@reddit

Are you trying to settle an argument?

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superPlasticized@reddit

You'd be surprised what a bottle of 3M buffing compound can do to clear coat.

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Harkers144@reddit

Yes

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SpiritedChip508@reddit

yes. it means you either don’t know how big your car is, or youre u aware of your surroundings which is dangerous especially near a home with pets or kids.

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411592@reddit

Yes

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Ilovebaseball1234@reddit

Consider a bicycle moving forward

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pm-me-racecars@reddit

Yes.

Find your local autocross club, that will really help you learn where your car is and you'll get better at driving around things.

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Scott43206@reddit

You clip one of your cars with your other car more than once you are a bad driver.

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One_Evil_Monkey@reddit

You can't ask that without context. Personally I've never done it, THANKFULLY in 4 decades of driving.

But there's a WHOLE LOT of "maybe" there.

Any scratch could be considered major depending on the car, paint color... what exactly do you think a "scratch" is. (I have an associates degree in autobody restore, repair, refinish, earned in 2000)

Because I've seen people say "All I did was scratch it, can you fix it?" And it turns out they drug the entire left side of the vehicle against the frame of their garage door track. Did it scratch the paint? Yup. Did it cause actual body damage as far as panels along the body crease? Yup. Did it yank the mirror off as they continued to keep backing up? Yup.

It might be light contact but it's all about context.

I've seen personal friends whip into a "2 car" garage that literally isn't big enough to be an actual space for shit barely big enough for mouse to turn around and fart in and clear the entire opening only to hit the drywall with the nose.

Shit happens... SOMETIMES and we're all human. But sometimes you gotta admit... you just suck at driving.

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lpg975@reddit

I would be embarrassed, yes lol. I am very paranoid about scratching my cars. I treat the paint very well with wax and ceramic sealant lol.

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hightweaks@reddit

Not really. It just shows maybe you should pay more attention to your surroundings. Shit happens and garages can be difficult if you got pull in crooked or wtv. Just learn from it and don’t take the mirror off again. Now pulling out in front of someone makes you a bad driver

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lowriderdog37@reddit

Yes