Leaving an accident

It's my own innards that gets me. Other's I can stand.

 

You are correct, sir. If you didnt swap paint, you dont stop.

 

Given how litigation happy the whole country is these days, I ain't stopping unless I'm directly involved.

And don't give me any BS about "what if therw are fatalities?". As long as it ain't kids, I don't care. The vast majority of accidents are caused by stupidity, and stupidity should be painful at least, and fatal when repeated. Planet is overpopulated anyway!

 

I guess you never visit www.reddit.com/r/wtf then.

 

It's pathetic that you try to judge other people and make them feel guilty to make yourself look all noble, kingly online.

The OP has a responsibility as a motorist to be a safe driver for the safety of himself, other motorists and pedestrians. How is him passing out in the middle of the road going to help the situation? How is it safer if five miles down the road, crashes into a family with kids because he passed out from having a flashback and injuring other innocent people?



End rant: I hate people who try to be the morality police on the internet and really just use it as an opportunity to belittle and bully others.

OP, I commend you for sharing your story and getting it off your chest. Continue your safe ways.

 

I live at the bottom of a pretty bad mountain pass, have had quite a few truck wrecks literally in front of my driveway. It's never fun running up to see what kind of shape someone's in after a bad wreck and seeing if you can help, and not seeing a person in the cab just a jumbled mess of body and clothes. That stuff sticks with you.

But to me anyways, although I'm not up on that much first aid / first responder practices, if I can put a fire that gets started out with a extinguisher, help someone out of a wreck, or hell even try and comfort them as they lie pinned in there, it's just what I feel I've gotta do to help until the fire department or other first responders get there. That being said with some injuries the last thing I'd want to do would be try to help somebody out and leave that to the Firemen and EMT's who have countless hours of training in what to do in such situations.

I totally understand though and respect your decision if you're not good with seeing the bad stuff, the LAST thing that anybody needs (crash victims, first responders, etc) is for the situation to be worse than it already is. If you know you will pass out seeing some bad things, you've got no business being around a accident. If people were already there then aid was 'being rendered'. I agree with macavoy about not really liking the whole guilt tripping posts.

 

Another thing I'll add.

If I'm stuck in a wreck and need help and see somebody just standing around, I will probably be yelling, or trying to yell if I can, something like "Hey you s-o-b, come help me!"

But if that person is like you and wouldn't be the kind of help one in my situation needed, If I was ever able to catch up with you after the fact I would apologize for my yelling at you and thank you for not adding to the problem!

 

Good Samaritan Laws carry no weight any longer, mainly for the fact that in rendering aid there is potential for any injury to become more severe. Medical professionals, EMT's, and other first responders do not have a "duty to act" unless within their licensed jurisdiction, and with the proper equipment so as not to cause more harm.
So many people have been successfully sued just because they "stopped to help". If you don't have the required equipment and the necessary training to render aid....leave it alone, do not touch, do not move any victim, call 911 and advise. If you are first on the scene, make a quick assessment (number of victims, level of injury, and know your "close to" location.) DO NOT TELL ANYONE "YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK", introduce yourself (first name only) and let any/all victims know you have called for help. DO NOT GIVE ANY LIQUIDS OR FOOD - EVEN GUM - TO ANY INVOLVED PARTIES. LEAVE THEM BE!
Then get started "protecting the scene"....use your rig as a blockade, but don't cut off emergency access, set out your triangles, get your flashlight and get traffic flowing if you can. Your best help could be simply protecting the scene and getting a flow of traffic started...use your triangles, get another bystander to assist in traffic flow..don't force but ask them if they could help with traffic. If 911 tells you the response from EMT or PD is going to be extended, take some quick notes to remind yourself what you saw...or your phone if it is capable of recording thoughts.

 

Listen jerezxp7, you have NOTHING to feel guilty about here!

As has otherhalftw and many others on here, I've had years of first responder experience, as LE, Fire and Medical. If you can help, fine help. If not, all you are is a "Looky Lou" in the way, and being a hazard!
However, seems like you could have cleared the scene, and then called 911 if you had a cell phone and reception. Doing that, IS doing something, and then you wouldn't need the "guilt trip." Sure, others have likely already called it in, but if YOU do it, then you know it has been called in.
And for God's sake, if the professionals are on scene, and you are not a witness, or helping out in some way, then GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY! Go on about your business, before you cause another crash.