[sinkspur]

I've only been lucky not to have mown down many a jaywalker myself.

And, if you had, you no doubt would have stopped to render aid.

THAT'S the issue here.

[Havisham]

I believe I would have stopped if I had known I'd hit someone but not necessarily if I'd had to make a split-second decision about whether I'd hit a large object, perhaps a dog, and there were numerous cars bearing down on me at 50mph. A similar thing happened to me. I reasoned I'd struck a large dog and kept going. I think the drivers behind me would say I did the right thing. Why speculate? Witnesses will be able to tell investigators if O'Brien attempted to brake after the impact thus indicating he was aware that he'd hit something. Sinkspur, I've appreciated your posts for some time, but lately you've taken an immoderate, even bitter tone. Sorry.