A MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY

A recent incident involving a teen-ager who left the scene after the automobile he was driving struck a woman on a bicycle raises some questions, the biggest of which is why there aren't stiffer sanctions.

In this particular case, there is strong evidence that the teen-ager is a conscientious, church-going, hard-working young man. And the accident, most everyone agrees, was purely accidental. However, it was no accident that he left the scene.

In Missouri, police officers can take away the driver's license of anyone driving while exceeding the state's limit on alcohol blood content. In injury accidents, a law that would yank the license of anyone who leaves the scene would seem equitable.