Well, I suppose I'm looking for 2 answers to the following hypothetical. Before I ask the questions, I will give you the situation.
You are in your late 20s and driving down a suburban road (Typical neighborhood). You are distracted (Radio, Phone Call, cute girl, etc.) and feel a sudden jolt like you hit a huge pothole. Hoping you don't have a flat tire, you keep on driving away slowly. As you look in your rear-view window to see what you hit, you see a child (age 9-11ish) laying limp in the middle of the street.
I'm looking for 2 answers here:
1.) How would you react? Call the police? Try to help the kid? Look around to see if anyone else saw? Drive away quickly?
2.) Let's assume you drive away quickly and hope no one saw what happened. What sort of background would you need to have (criminal, psychological, etc.) that you would rather risk hit-and-run / vehicular homicide / police evasion than try to help the kid (Calling the cops, finding neighbors, etc.)? Be as descriptive and specific as possible. I'm trying to get some realistic feedback as to how others would react.
I'm working on a novel; and, as part of the storyboarding process, I'm trying to get a few ideas. Initially, I was only going to ask the 2nd question seeing as that's how I already see the story playing out and am simply trying to get some ideas as to the motivation behind him fleeing the scene. That being said, I'm willing to listen to people answer the 1st question as well to get a general sense of the psychology of the event.
Looking forward to reading responses ^^