For buttault with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, possibly drunk driving, reckless driving, depraved indifference...
In the Wash DC area, there are so many huge SUVs running around that smaller cars are outnumbered. Just trying to park at the local Safeway is getting dangerous, because backing out of a space when you've got these humongous trucks on either side of you is dangerous -- you can't see ANYTHING. When you're driving behind them, or next to them (on a two-land road), you can't see through them to see what traffic is coming at you, if you're trying to make a turn -- alot like the idiots who have extremely dark tinting on their windows (which, all by itself, is almost begging the cops to "please, pull me over, I'm doing something illegal")
Crown' Vic detains suspectAlan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Should cops arm their Glock 9mm pistols with hollow points so they can "wing" a mentally disturbed person, or should they continue with the...
The drivers are also dangerous, because they 1-- think they own the f***ing roads and everyone else needs to get out of their way. 2-- think they can drive the same way no matter what the weather has done to the driving conditions -- whether it's rain or snow, they think all they have to do is turn on the 4-wheel-drive and carry on at the same speed. Damn near every accident you see in Alexandria or on the local highways involves an SUV.
One of the local APD lieutenants comes into where I work fairly regularly, and when I asked him about SUVs and their drivers (on a rain day), he practically went apoplectic. He said they're great when they're driven SANELY, but too many drivers don't think about how they drive. They somehow buttume they're in the equivalent of a tank, and that no-one else on the road matters -- almost like they're in a video game where no-one else is real.
So, yeah, this "accident" thing is serious. Leaving the scene of an accident is always a felony, I believe.
