| Robert Novak Hits Pedestrian, Citizen Prevents His Escape |
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| Written by Hank Green | |||
| Wednesday, 23 July 2008 | |||
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Robert Novak, long time conservative commentator and general hater of non-motorized transport hit a pedestrian today...and then tried to run away. A few years back Novak was cited for cursing at a jaywalker, but today, apparently not seeing the 66 year-old man crossing the street, he actually hit a pedestrian and then sped away. Commuter cyclist / laywer / super hero David Bono decided he wasn't going to just watch a hit-and-run happen, so he sped up to Novak's car and stopped in front of him. Traffic backed up in downtown D.C., but Bono refused to leave until Novak had pulled over and was being questioned by police. Novak said that didn't notice that he'd hit anyone, and Bono simply "let him know." But according to Bono, the 66 year-old pedestrian was "sprawled" accross the front of Novak's Corvette after the incedent and Novak repeatedly tried to escape after Bono had stopped him. I mean...really, is it any wonder that we can't get rid of our cars while thousands of pedestrians an cyclists a year are killed because they aren't encased in steel? Via TreeHugger and Politico Comments (1)
Alvin MacIntosh
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Robert Novak is a jerk; kudos to the good citizens who prevented a hit-and-run. He also isn't representative of drivers. There are 120 million drivers on the road in the U.S. If we were all unrepentant pedestrian-slayers and cyclist-killers -- as many have accused Novak of being -- the population of this country would be cut in half virtually overnight. Car's aren't like cigarettes; you really can quit any time you want. The fact that 87% of Americans drive to work is evidence (if not proof) that driving a car is the best choice for the American labor force at this time. This is basic microeconomics. Don't get me wrong -- we must work on developing better means of personal transportation to compete with the car, not lobbying for heavy-handed government intervention to force Americans into an nth best and drastically sub-optimal alternative. This doesn't mean, however, that all users of the road need better education and proper registration and licensing. |
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