Drew Barrymore: Vigilante Traffic Angel

So Drew Barrymore was in a car accident on Monday, which, you know, sucks for her, because car accidents, even minor ones, are really no fun. It was just a rear-ender fender bender, so nobody was hurt, but still. Sucks.

The crazy part, though? The person who hit her didn't stick around to see whether it was, in fact, Drew Barrymore that he'd hit. He took off. And when he did? She took off after him.

According to the Los Angeles County sheriff's office, Drew chased down her fender-offender in order to get his license plate number. Which, according to the nice police-type people there, "could be dangerous."

Yeah, um: what they said. I'm a total chicken-shit in all things, so chasing down a hit-and-run driver is not something that I would do, just 'cuz, you know, you could get hurt. Someone might yell at you even. So while there's a part of me that thinks that what she did is, like, totally rock 'n' roll, there's a bigger part (the curmudgeonly-mom-cum-chickenshit) that is all oh no no no no no you should NEVER EVER do that.

That's the part of me that is no fun at parties. It comes in handy, though, if you need someone to post bail or talk to the police for you. FYI.

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[Robyn G]

I'm picturing that scene in 50 First Dates, where Adam Sandler's character is pretending to be mugged and she chases the guy into a field with a baseball bat. Anyone? Anyone?

I agree that this is generally a no-no, and not safe, and NO I don't want people out doing this when me and my childrenz are out on the roads, BUT... I can't help but love her for it. Drew rocks.

[amalah]

Drew Barrymore is the new Jack Bauer.