Thanks for your responses guys. I'm a new driver and I've definitely learned from this incident. I'm just glad it happened with a guardrail and not another vehicle. I've since went back and although there is noticeable damage(parking lot is pretty new so the pole was mint before I hit it..), by the time someone who would care notices it, I'm hoping it's not serious enough to look back on the security cameras. If there's ever a next time I will definitely do the right thing and report it. It's just not worth it to run from something, especially something a fresh coat of paint would solve!(Not m...

Hello, new user here, I did some stupid the other day and was wondering what I should do or what the potential consequences could be. I was exiting an underground parking lot where I had to insert a parking slip into a machine to get the mechanical arm to raise. I then mashed the accelerator a bit too hard and unfortunately my wheels were turned toward the guard pole. It knocked my mirror off and gave my car a nice scratch along the side. I panicked and was so embarrassed I didn't even check the damage to my vehicle or the pole. I'm sure someone saw me, not sure they d care enough to report it...