Month: November 2010

Advice from 911

Last January, computer programmer Ed Magos was riding his bike to work at Los Angeles City Hall when fashion designer Angelina Everett hit him with her Porsche Carrera SUV. Everett stopped, looked at Magos, saw that he was seriously injured, got back in her car and drove away.

An hour and a half later, she finally called 911 and asked the dispatcher, “Am I going to jail?”

The operator’s chilling response: People don’t go to jail for hit-and-runs involving cyclists.

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