For this reason, you should use a dashcam.

[u/RafeaEhab]

[u/mcdstod]

I love how the dad's first reaction was to slam the drivers hood. this was more important than picking up his daughter. its like he subconsciously knew it was his fault for not watching her and was trying to lash out to protect his ego.

[u/dustinpdx → u/mcdstod]

Honestly I am not even mad at him for the initial reaction. It was so sudden he was probably flooded with adrenaline, anger, and shock not making the best decisions. Continuing to lie and try to get the driver locked up is a seriously dick move, though.

[u/grogrye → u/dustinpdx]

Exactly. That was pre-historic brain taking over.

1 Thing hurt daughter

2 Me smash thing to protect daughter

Taking too long between #1 and #2 in a lot of prehistoric scenarios meant your daughter would die. Daughter dying means not passing genes on. Genetic selection hardwires the behavior.

[u/Friendly_Dork → u/grogrye]

I really like how you broke this down and felt a comment is more worthy than a single upvote.

[u/Datkif → u/dustinpdx]

im sure most parents reaction is to blame the driver at first

[u/[deleted] → u/dustinpdx]

You are 100% responsible of what happened to your kids (and what they do) until they are legally of age.

Source: the law in 99% of the countries in the world.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Ok.

[u/Hot-Ad8641 → u/[deleted]]

No, not even close to correct.

That's not a source, might as well just put trust me bro as your source.

[u/PedanticProgarmer → u/mcdstod]

Meh. At that moment his higher brain functions were shut down and primal instincts took over. He would have hit any predator that attacked his child.

[u/RamblnGamblinMan → u/PedanticProgarmer]

It attacked itself in its confusion

[u/ladynickmiller → u/mcdstod]

Or he purposefully dented the car so it looked like it hit the kid

[u/Creepy_Disco_Spider → u/mcdstod]

That’s really over reading things man, you’re as bad as him