Originally Posted by
mike
[I]ROYAL OAK -- [COLOR="Navy"] Let's face it. In the USA, if you hit a pedestrian or a bicyclist, life as you know it is pretty much over. I would expect that after the panic attack, a good cry, and a call to her lawyer that the driver would then call the police and return to the scene of the accident.
I don't know. I've heard of quite a few drivers walking away with absolutely no charges after hitting and killing a pedestrian or cyclist. I believe the truck driver who killed the young woman here in DC never was charged with anything, even though the young woman killed was riding legally in a bike lane at the time. There have been many other incidents like it in our area over the years.