"I figure,we've got a drunk driver,
Ted Kennedy. He's with this girl, and he has it in his
mind to go down to the beach and make love to her.
He's probably driving too fast and he misses the curve
and goes into Cemetery Road. He's backing up when he
sees this guy in uniform coming toward him. That's
panic for the average driver who's been drinking; but
here's a United States Senator about to get tagged for
driving under. He doesn't want to get caught with a
girl in his car, on a deserted road late at night,
with no license and driving drunk on top of it. In his
mind, the most important thing is to get away from the
situation.
- He doesn't wait around. He takes off down the
road. He's probably looking in the rear-view mirror to
see if the cop is following him. He doesn't even see
the f---ing bridge and bingo! He goes off. He gets out
of the car; she doesn't. The poor son of a bitch
doesn't know what to do. He's thinking: "I want to get
back to my house, to my friends" - which is a common
reaction.
- There are houses on Dike Road he could have gone
to report the accident, but he doesn't want to.
Because it's the same situation he was trying to get
away from at the corner - which turned out to be minor
compared to what happened later. Now there's been an
accident; and the girl's probably dead. All the more
reason not to go banging on somebody's door in the
middle of the night and admit what he was doing. He
doesn't want to reveal himself."
"And the funny part about it was, 'Huck' was only
trying to give his directions."