[MikeD]

I can't believe no one has posted this yet.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usnovak245775317jul24,0,913055.story

Robert Novak runs over old homeless man who's legally in a crosswalk, drives away, is chased down and stopped by bicyclist/lawyer who witnessed it. Novak claims he didn't see the guy, while witnesses say the man went up on the hood and windshield.

People trying to panic-talk their way out of guilt, especially after an auto accident, are hysterically funny as their minds try at 100,000 RPM to bend reality to their will. Ask Manimal.

But since he's only been cited for "failure to yield" and not leaving the scene of an accident or anything connected with actually hitting someone, you gotta wonder if he's going to face any real consequences. Doubtful.

I had no idea being a hack partisan shill gave you such immunity in this world.

 

[Silver]

That's a textbook description of a hit and run, isn't it?

 

[Samirol]

That's a textbook description of a hit and run, isn't it?

well, until the Bush administration, the Vice President was part of the executive branch

 

[$tinkle]

in his defense, 18&K is a tricky intersection: if you want to go n-bound conn ave you have to get on the e-bound access road. essentially, this is a 3-for-1 intersection. i got in my first & worst bike accident a couple blocks west (shoes still clipped in the pedals). but i vaguely recall the [body orifice] did stop.

then again, i'm white.

and corvettes are notorious for their blind spots on their windshields.

 

[skinny mike]

and corvettes are notorious for their blind spots on their windshields.

they must also have some unbelievably good sound-damping characteristics to keep novak from hearing a body bounce off the bumper.

 

[MikeD]

That's a textbook description of a hit and run, isn't it?

Yep. But the term doesn't seem to be in common use in the media re: this incident. Hmm.

 

[Lowlight7]

Don't mess with Novak... He'll take you to his secret island and cross-breed you with Val Kilmer...

 

[MMike]

Don't mess with Novak... He'll take you to his secret island and cross-breed you with Val Kilmer...

Hmm....I bet the food would be good though...

 

[Silver]

Yep. But the term doesn't seem to be in common use in the media re: this incident. Hmm.

So, you're saying this is a little like when cops pull over a fellow officer driving drunk and take him home to his wife to sleep it off?

Good call...

 

[JohnE]

HE hit the guy...not his car, as the headline reads. Unless he drives a mid 80s Trans Am that can drive itself.

 

[$tinkle]

a likely explanation?

 

[jimmydean]

 

[Silver]

a likely explanation?

I hope that whatever hospital he ends up in has a severe painkiller shortage...