Ever hit a person?

[Driv3er]

Kwento ko lang my experience. I was driving through a busy street in an area na maraming squatter. Mga 35kph takbo. As I was completing my turn on the curved portion of this street, this kid who was facing the other way suddenly bolts righy across my path..and I was only 4-5 feet away! The moment I saw her make like she was going to cross in front of me, I braked HARD. Napa screech pa nga tires ko (even with ABS). The brakes were not strong enough so I hit her as she was crossing. She was hit sa passenger side pa lang (bale, she was hit not more than 2 steps into the street). Upon hitting her, I saw her bend over my hood then fly around 4-5 feet away when the car was able to stop. I sat there in shock for around 3 seconds...then I saw her stand up and run away. Right after that, I pulled myself together and took off like it was Dodge City.

Now, assuming the girl did not stand up and run away..I could have done the ff:

1. take off pa rin
2. go down and take her to the hospital

Thinking back, I would say that I would probably take off. The area was infested with squatters, and going down there would probably not achieve any good dahil mabubugbog lang ako dun.

What do you think should be done in this situation?

[seonadancing]

i would have taken the girl to the hospital, hit and run is a very serious offense and mas lalo ka mabubugbog nun instead of doing the right thing of taking the girl to the hospital. Malaki nga lang yun pwede mo magastos but your conscience will be at peace. Buti na lang nakatakbo pa yun bata.

[badsekktor]

still go down and take the risk....

it really makes me mad whenever parents just leaves their kid roaming around the streets and not thinking about the safety of their child.

as a driver, you should always anticipate that everybody around you is a dumbass so expect them to do stupid things

[ozcity]

i was....pero ganyan din ang nangyari..tumakbo din yung bata...
i was overtaking this Bus na naka hinto tapos biglang may lumitaw na bata na tatawid nabigla ako kasi bigla syang lumabas coming from the front of the Bus
kita ko talaga medyo pipilay pilay pa yung bata tapos tinabihan ko..tinanong ko kung ok lang sya..sabi nya ok lang daw sya..tapos tumakbo na...pero natakot ako hanggang makauwi ako ng bahay...baka nasaktan talaga yung bata..

[Horsepower]

I pray that i will never.

[Helios]

Sorry to hear about that sir Driv3er. Did you check if there was any damage to your car bec if there was then the car would have absorbed most of the impact thereby lessening her injury to most probably a mild contusion. Nevertheless she should be taken to a nearby hospital quickly for a complete scan before anything else gets worse for everyone. At least you were honest on this forum about it which goes to show that you might have h&r, but returned for her anyway. Though 35kph on a bend nearby a populated area

[m2's kumander]

sir Driv3er..ako nakabanga na ng bata.
sa may manila...tumakbo lang din yun bata at tumawa pa.

i was so scared...halos di ako makagalaw..kala ko dudumugin kami nung mga tambay. pero parang bale wala lang sa kanila.

after that..di muna ako nagdrive...

[Driv3er]

no damage sa car naman po. and she ran away so even if I wanted to help out...i wouldn't. Anyway, sa sobrang takot ko, nanginig ako at hinataw ko paalis..baka kasi makuha pa plaka ko and pagperahan ako or something kahit na walang nangyari sa girl (she ran away so I assumed she wasn't hurt).

[Horsepower]

Hmmm, di po sir por que nakatakbo sya she's unhurt.

Kasi baka meron palang internal bleeding. slow death yon if ever (wag naman sana).

parang yung nabalita sa tv na lalaki, nasagasaan sya, nakatayo pa at naglakad pauwi. after one hour, nangisay na lang. DOA sa hospital.

[Driv3er]

hopefully di naman ganun nangyari. i drive by that road regularly and wala pa naman ako nakikitang nagtayo ng wake dun sa usual area na may wake sila.