[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I just had a thought. some people are assuming that the driver was backing up. The story does say that he was pulling out of parking lot near Main and Del Mar but that could mean one of the diagonal spaces around the square.

If the driver was backing up and using a video back up camera, he wouldn't see someone off to the side of his car.

I'm also thinking that if a younger, stronger person was "clipped" by a side view mirror of a car traveling a three or four mph he probably wouldn't have sustained any injuries.

Not saying that this matters, but it's interesting that the headline reads "84 year old hit by car in SS Town Square. The we read, he was "clipped" by a side view mirror.

I certainly hope that the gentleman is alright and recovers. But I do think that the headline made it seem worse than what it was.

I grew up driving in Boston. In fact I drove as a courier driver in downtown Boston for a few four month stretches. I also lived in drove in Manila, for about a year. Some surveys show that Manila has the worst traffic and drivers in the world. So, driving here for me is a piece of cake. I will say that while driving in those places I learned to stay very alert and aware of my surroundings and to drive very defensively. I always expect people to do the wrong thing.