Think again when helping an injured motorist [R/O]

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Wed 28 Jan 2009 03:42
Think again when helping an injured motorist [R/O] - wazza
www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Man-s-car-roof...l

What would you do if you found yourself in this situation?

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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 28/01/2009 at 10:22

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Wed 28 Jan 2009 06:04
Think again when helping an injured motorist - Armitage Shanks {p}
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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 28/01/2009 at 10:21

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Wed 28 Jan 2009 09:30
Think again when helping an injured motorist - bintang
Like most people, I would probably try to help without thought (it seems a lot of people who dive into water to save others can't swim themselves).

In France, it is an offence not to help "persons in danger". But in Switzerland I was once unable to reach some crash victims in very fast motorway traffic and, mentioning the incident to a local man the following day, I was told never to intervene, for fear of getting sued if I worsened the victims' condition, and that only qualified emergency service personnel could rescue with legal impunity. (He turned out to be a doctor.) This no doubt explains why many other cars negotiated the wreckage at full speed and sped on.
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