AITA for (maybe) lying to the police because someone crashed my car?
Today i went to get my car, when i got to the parking lot i realized that someone crashed my old car really badly (not just a bump).So there was a little paper with a license plate number and a phone number on it. I called the number, and it turns out it was left by a delivery guy who has seen what happened. He told me that he went after the car that crashed my car, but they didnt care to stop or anything, so he just wrote down the license plate number and the type of the car.
So i went to the police station to make a report, and it was all really quick, the officer was in a hurry, so she made the whole report in like 5-10 minutes, i didnt even have time to think when i left my car there etc.
So then she asked me if i parked correctly, and i said yes altough it wasnt technically true. I park my car next to my dormitory, and in work days there are cars everywhere so its really hard, to get a stop if you left the parking lot.Long story short, the lot is kind of a circle and there are a few spaces in the middle, but everyday people park in middle as fully as it is possible, so i also like to park just like that, but i always check if the cars next to me can leave their spots ( my car is also really small), and when i left my car i was sure that there is enough space for everyone.
So technically i kind of was parking by the rules but im not sure 100%, because in the middle there are just a few lines, and i parked next to the last one, and i am not sure if that is allowed or you should park only between the lines, its hard to tell, its a closed area next to my uni, but i know the rules are the same as if it would be anywhere else.
So when the officer asked if i parked by the rules, i said yes, meanwhile i know it might be not true, and she also said after that perjury is a felony and if i parked in the wrong place i get a fine as well.
But i am so mad that someone just crashed my car and then just left eventhough i could park in an other spot.
EDIT: here is a picture of the parking lot and how i parked https://i.imgur.com/V87MJ48.png
also: the picture is obviously not 100% accurate, there is space to go all around
Posted Jun 4, 2019, 3:13 PM UTC · edited