Robert Novak Hits Pedestrian, Doesn't Notice

Photo from source, Politico

Have you ever been drawn into one of those discussions about there being an cutoff age for driving? I've always thought it sounded mean, but maybe there ought to be at least some kind of retesting after a certain age.

Case in point, reporter (and CIA covert operative cover blower) Robert Novak, 77, hit a guy in a crosswalk today. He was tooling around in his black Corvette, and plowed into a guy who had a "WALK" sign in his favor, reportedly bouncing him off the windshield. And Novak just kept going like nothing happened. How do you not notice something like that?

Of course, he may have been lying, and had simply planned on hitting and running. I've got to say, the cops seem to have let the old guy off easy. Certainly easier than they'd treat most hit-and-run drivers, don't you think?

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Novak cited after hitting pedestrian

Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning. . .

Read more (with video) at: Politico

Wild Hit and Run Accident Caught on Tape

I just found this at AmericaBlog, and it's startling--a bit graphic, so be warned--and a fascinating character study. A jaywalking man gets hit by a car that seems to come from nowhere alongside a second car that isn't where it should be either.

What I find even stranger than the crash--and the despicable desertion of the drivers--is that this man is lying unconscious in the middle of a busy road, and people largely go about their lives, walking on down the street. A motorcyclist looks like he's turning around to help, and then just keeps going. Once again, it is kind of graphic, but remember, the guy didn't die if that helps.



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Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim

. . .The chilling scene — captured on video by a streetlight surveillance camera — has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with the capital city's biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer have a moral compass. . ."

Read more at: Yahoo! News