thinkprogress.org — Conservative pundit Robert Novak “was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C. Novak initially “drove away from the scene,” but turned around when “a bicyclist stopped him and said, ‘You hit someone.’” Novak claimed: “I didn’t know I hit anybody.” But this is completely contrary to what happened
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lunaticfringeJul 24, 2008
When you hit someone and try to keep driving, it's automatically a felony. The law is the law. There is no 'smearing' about it.
phillesh69Jul 24, 2008
That's not in downtown DC. That is in Springfield VA.
phillesh69Jul 24, 2008
The roads suck. I've hit potholes that shattered the upper and lower control arms on one side and the upper control arm on the other side of my rear end.But, if you're talking about the traffic light system, yes, they have the timing of lights down pretty well.Turn left off of Constitution, onto 18th street. If you get a green arrow from Constitution, and you drive around 30 mph (the speed limit is 25 mph), you will actually hit every traffic light just as it changes to green. Novices brake, because they aren't sure, but if you just stay at a constant 30 mph, you can drive down 18th street all the way to M St. without ever touching your brakes. You can just cruise for 7 blocks, brake free.What sucks is that you will always get stuck at M st, and then once you get a green at M st., you also have a guaranteed red light onto Connecticut.
nanoscareJul 24, 2008
Remember when it was the CIA that ran over journalists? Now it's the other way around, some journalists can run people over with impunity.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2008
I have deep respect for real political theories; the best people our world has yet given us spent their entire lives dedicated to finding ways to better make our societies work. Of course, the worst people our world has yet given us have always been right behind them, ready to snatch up those pure ideas and corrupt them for their own benefit.
peaceninjaJul 25, 2008
more like a 5/8ths life crisis