She was looking right at him. Her friend yelled 'drive, baby, drive when he was in front of the vehicle. She hit the gas.
He wasn't in the passenger seat having a friendly conversation about what she was thinking or if she was going to try to hit him or not.
He wasn't in the passenger seat to remind her that in fleeing she needed to drive carefully, respect the speed limit, come to a full stop for a pedestrian in a cross walk, to remind her not to hit any protestors, vehicles in or along the road, or law enforcement officials or their vehicles in her escape.
He was in front of the vehicle, someone yelled 'drive, baby, drive' and she floored it.
