Thread: Places not to get hit by a car
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Old 07-06-2008, 12:33   #6
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Re: Places not to get hit by a car
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Originally Posted by DaiNasty View Post
I don't think it's as simple as lack of caring alone. In America and this country we now have a legal system that penalises people for trying to help.
If someone had moved that man out of the road or even lifted his head to put a pillow underneath there would be a queue of lawyers waiting to sue you for aggravating his injuries.
Until such time as we are safe from such malicious prosecutions I'm not sure that I would dare offer help either.
Nobody would expect a member of the public to try and offer medical assistance, I'm talking of just being there for the old boy, talking to him or reassuring him whilst waiting for an ambulance to arrive, nobody is going to sue you for exercising a bit of human compassion. Besides I'd imagine these stories of suing helpful passersby are 99% urban myths, the sort of thing whereby you only hear one side of the incident in the tabloids, and look what believing it has done, its given us another excuse to walk on by.
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