Who does that?

My parents have a friend whose wife is a private investigator. She was nice enough to (privately) investigate the guy that ran over my dad, and send my mom an e-mail containing the findings. It turns out that he's 29, and moved to Arizona last year from Virginia. In Virginia he had dabbled in bad check writing, driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting, and posessing large amounts of marijuana. After moving to Arizona he comitted third degree felony burglary. He was issued an Arizona drivers license in March, and ran over my dad in May. He was held overnight, but obviously not very much longer than that, because last Saturday, June 13th, he was arrested again for shoplifting, and was subsequently found to be (once again) in posession of marijuana. On police reports he was often cited as a drug addict and "mentally disturbed".

After reading the e-mail, the one thing that I couldn't understand was why this guy had stopped his car after hitting my dad. It seemed to me that a seasoned criminal would have found it pretty easy to keep driving after hitting a biker on a lonely road.

And as it turns out, he did in fact find it rather easy to keep on going. The only problem was that my Dad's body and bike were stuck under his car, so after dragging him 100ft, the unconscionable young man had no other option but to get out of his vehicle and signal for help.

I'm not even mad, and I don't think my Dad is either. My Dad will get better eventually, but this guys' life obviously sucks and is probably going to suck forever. I would much rather go through what my Dad has gone through, and I think he'd agree with me, than be 29, addicted to drugs, and going nowhere fast (except, hopefully, jail).