Man dents car while crossing the road

Some people are up in arms about the fact that nobody stopped to help this poor man who got hit by a car. Well not me!

Heres the link on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/05/ignored.hitrun.ap/index.html

I've only seen one person get hit by a car in real life and let me tell you, I reacted pretty much the same way. Late at night on Van Ness and Market in SF and a woman got him crossing the street against the light by a guy in car who didn't have his headlights on - who's at fault, I don't know nor is it the point. But those of us nearby ran over there, flipping out our cell phones, and instructing the woman not to try and move. I even hailed a passing bus (which I needed to get on) and the driver called it in as well.

But did anyone really DO ANYTHING to help her? Hell no - we live in a world full of smelly homeless, killer diseases spread by blood and other fluids, and superflous (sp?) lawsuits! Unless it is someone near and dear to me, calling it in and preventing more traffic from hitting her was all that my 'moral compass' required of me. Am I to contract some disease (and condemn myself) on the chance that I might save someone who didn't even both to look both ways before crossing? And what if they later determine that the sparse first aid I did give was in someway harmful, I don't want to be involved in some frivolous lawsuit.

Hey, too bad the guy got hurt - try looking out when you cross the road. And CNN and Rev. Henry Brown and the police chief, 4 calls within 1 minute of the accident? Thats more response than would have been recieved 20 years ago prior to when our moral compass was so screwed up by our society.

Addendum: Here's a much better car accident video!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/pedestrian.asp