Okay, makes more sense. I was hit once, on a dark rainy night in Foggy Bottom. The driver did not see me, and I wasn't hurt. But she stopped.
I can't imagine a situation where you wouldn't know that you'd hit a person. Not seeing them to begin with--yeah, all it takes is a minute of inattention. I've never been that inattentive (or maybe that unlucky). But not noticing the impact? No, not possible in a normal driver. Stephanie On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like this report better, it explains it better. I think he was > first splayed on the windshield at impact then he fell off onto the > ground. So it was one then the other, not both simultaneously. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/23/politics/politico/main428627 > 9.shtml > > --- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Looks like the cyclist was confused or lying. A man can't BOTH be > on >> the ground and splayed across a windshield. >> >> Stephanie >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Every article I read used the same quote from the cyclist: >> > http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0708/537957.html >> > >> > --- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay" >> > <ssmilay@> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: >> >> > not sure if all is forgiven, but the incident was the trigger > that >> >> > made them discover the brain tumor. The article went on to say > that >> >> > when people have a car accident that they don't recall or some > such, >> >> > the medical profession is trained to test for brain tumors. A > symptom >> >> > is apparently no recollection of killing or injuring people (or >> >> > noticing them splayed on your windshield??!) >> >> >> >> I didn't read anywhere that splaying was involved. I got the >> >> impression that the person who was hit was not badly hurt, which >> >> wouldn't have been the case if he'd ended up on the windshield. >> >> >> >> Not to defend Novak, but exaggeration doesn't help make anyone's > case. >> >> >> >> >> >> Stephanie >> >> >> > >> > >> > >
