Do you stop if you see an accident happen?

[Kalifornia087]

I stop.

I was coming home from work and going from 75 to 285, a right hand curve, and it was wet. Some guy in a cavalier had spun to the inside and smashed into the gaurdrail and pivited next to the rail after slamming it. The car was really fucked in the front, smashed pretty damn hard

I stopped to see if they were ok, and what do you know, they had told the police the wrong part of 285 on the phone, but their cell phone had died. So i let them use mine. They were ok just shaken up pretty well. They were very thankful that i let them use my phone.

If i hadn't stopped, ida felt like shit all day. It's bullshit not to stop if your not in an emergency situation yourself. And if you don't, then fuck you for being an ass.

-Austin

[tony]

There was only one time I did not stop, four wannabe thugs in their caprice watching a movie on their rigged up "dvd player sitting on the dash" completely cut me off at a four way intersection and gave me the "n*gga what?" look.

I blew it off and ended up right behind them, we come up to a crossing at a four lane and I'm still steaming from cut off. I just happen to look up and it was like a scene out of Final Destination, they're crossing the second part of the four lane very slow and out of nowhere an explorer came and t-boned them doing like 55mph. I figured karma did its work and went on home, felt bad for the person in the explorer though.

Any other time I've stopped for an accident cops act like I'm just getting in the way even if I witnessed everything.

[Kyle]

Kyle, there is no such thing as karma. I would expect everyone to do the same as I would if I were in a wreck.

What goes around comes around? It is nice to help others when they may be in need. It is called being a good person. You take 5 minutes out of your life, be considerate, and testify if you need to, which most of the time you don't. Karma is not a scientific principle, but it is a somewhat valid principle. If many people live their lives trying to help others out, believing that in time it will come back to them and they will benefit, it is only a matter of time before some of these people help each other out.

And if you get in an accident, I probably would do the right thing and pull over regardless of your bullshit attitude. I am not that petty.

BTW: You are a prick, who brags about your dads car being faster than mine. Grow up this isn't kindergarten where you say my dad is stronger than your dad. But if this is a my dad vs. your dad battle. My dad drives a VW Phaeton... so suck my balls.

[Kyle]

By the way +1 to all the people who stop.

[Wurm]

I dont care enough to stop

[Jecht]

What goes around comes around? It is nice to help others when they may be in need. It is called being a good person. You take 5 minutes out of your life, be considerate, and testify if you need to, which most of the time you don't. Karma is not a scientific principle, but it is a somewhat valid principle. If many people live their lives trying to help others out, believing that in time it will come back to them and they will benefit, it is only a matter of time before some of these people help each other out.

And if you get in an accident, I probably would do the right thing and pull over regardless of your bullshit attitude. I am not that petty.

BTW: You are a prick, who brags about your dads car being faster than mine. Grow up this isn't kindergarten where you say my dad is stronger than your dad. But if this is a my dad vs. your dad battle. My dad drives a VW Phaeton... so suck my balls.

Who fucking cares? 90% of those people that you would stop to help would never see nor talk to you again. If I were in an accident that was my fault, I would rather die or have permanent bodily injuries than have someone pull me out to face the consequences. You can call me a prick all you want, but you can ask everyone who knows me and they can tell you that I'm a really nice guy until you get on my bad side, and then all hell breaks loose.

[RandomGuy]

forget it... just drive off speedily if its your fault

thats the easy way out.... i mean last time i did it i think i broke the control arm of the minivan full of children cuz i plowed into that shit pretty hard... i just waved, and drove off... she couldn't chase bc the car wouldn't move, but also because she was unconscious, and the small fire in the interior kept the children at bay so it was cool beans. I just dipped and buffed out my dents.

[Jecht]

forget it... just drive off speedily if its your fault

thats the easy way out.... i mean last time i did it i think i broke the control arm of the minivan full of children cuz i plowed into that shit pretty hard... i just waved, and drove off... she couldn't chase bc the car wouldn't move, but also because she was unconscious, and the small fire in the interior kept the children at bay so it was cool beans. I just dipped and buffed out my dents.

Thats definitely not something I would do though... leaving the scene and not helping others in a wreck are two completely different things.

[Infinite]

i only do it if its bad enough... i dont se any sernse at stopping for a fender bender on 400 or something.

one night me and hte 240atlanta guys were all caravaning up 575.... lady just hauls ass right off of the highway into a fucking tree. i wanted to stop but its kinda hard to get 15 cars to stop on the side of the highway,

[RandomGuy]

Thats definitely not something I would do though... leaving the scene and not helping others in a wreck are two completely different things.

explain

[Jecht]

explain

Leaving the scene of an accident you were in is a crime. Not helping people in an accident is not.

[Doppelgänger]

I don't stop. I don't want to get involved. I already have a busy schedule and if I stop who knows how long I'll be standing there or if I'll have to attend court as a witness and whatnot. I would expect for everyone else to do the same if I happened to get into an accident, so don't argue that point.

Wow.... if that's not selfish, i don't know what is.

[Lucky DAWG]

No. If you try to help and you cause more harm, then technically you can be held responsible for the death. Do No Further Harm. As far as law goes, there's nothing really saying that you HAVE to stop, as far as I know, but if there is a forced action, it would only be to call authorities/emt/whatever. And even if the person doesn't *die*, if you cause any damage at all when you try to render aid, you can have physical harrassment charges pressed simply because the person is (assumedly) over 18 and you touched them without permission.

I'm not an EMT, but people who are First Aid/CPR certified like I am are required to stop as well. Nurses, EMT's, and certified people are, to my knowledge, the only people required by law to stop. And if the person is conscious, we must always ask if it is ok to touch them before we do.

So in answer to this thread... yes, I do always stop, and stay until authorities arrive. Even if I'm not a witness to an accident and I just happen upon it after it happened but before cops get there, I always stop. Partially because I am required to, but also partially because it's just... I dunno.. what I do. If I can help in any way, I do... and one of these days I have a feeling it's gonna get me hurt lol.

well ofcourse you have to ask for permission from the person if they are conciouss, but if they give you persmission to and an EMT is not near or you have no way of getting to contact one and you are running out of time then you can't be held accountable for their death by trying to help for being sued by their family and friends or anything if they die.

that is the good semeritan law, you can't be held accountable for going out of your way to help someone. if that were the case then no one would stop for fear of being sued

[Lucky DAWG]

I dont care enough to stop

haha

[Jecht]

Wow.... if that's not selfish, i don't know what is.

I never said that I'm not selfish. I don't care if it is.

[SixSquared]

well ofcourse you have to ask for permission from the person if they are conciouss, but if they give you persmission to and an EMT is not near or you have no way of getting to contact one and you are running out of time then you can't be held accountable for their death by trying to help for being sued by their family and friends or anything if they die.

that is the good semeritan law, you can't be held accountable for going out of your way to help someone. if that were the case then no one would stop for fear of being sued

but there is a difference between stopping to see if everyone's ok, helping someone out of their car, calling cops, etc, and doing further harm. No one's gonna sue anyone for helping out like that. Do No Further Harm comes in when say someone is in an accident and their back is broken. Even if you ask if you may touch them and they say yes, say you move them and accidentally sever their spinal cord or collapse their lung and they die. THEN you can be sued, because you attempted to render aid and caused more harm than good. No matter how good your intentions may be, the fact remains that had you not touched the person and let them be until properly trained people had arrived (paramedics), that person would be alive. Good Samaritan = stopping and making sure everything is ok, calling cops, etc... but there is a line to be drawn. Most people, common sense kicks in. If they see a nasty accident and someone is twisted up in a mangled wreck, while they stay at the scene and call the cops, they don't try to remove the person from the wreckage. That's where the line gets crossed. Good Samaritan only goes so far.

[ahmonrah]

yeah i stop for accidents.
this one time i did this chick got T-boned leaving a club on the soufside. she and her g-friends.
point of the story?
every incident is an opportunity:
1) sacrificed a shirt to clean the bloody forehead of hers
2) got her number "to make sure she was good afterwards"
3) kept them calm til EMT'S arrived
4) good guy in her eyes, POUNDAGE !!

AHH......the darkside is good.......

my bruddahs thought i was dead wrong for that shit...i laughed and hooked them up with her girls. they shutup then.

[Kyle]

Who fucking cares? 90% of those people that you would stop to help would never see nor talk to you again. If I were in an accident that was my fault, I would rather die or have permanent bodily injuries than have someone pull me out to face the consequences.

OMFG you are an asshole. So you only do something good if you get recognition? You are really petty and immature if you ask me. It's understandable for a little kid to think everything is about him, but you're 19, grow up.

You can call me a prick all you want, but you can ask everyone who knows me and they can tell you that I'm a really nice guy until you get on my bad side, and then all hell breaks loose.

Oh really all hell breaks loose? Like when halfwit owned the hell out of you and you cried about and said you were quitting IA. Don't try to make yourself sound like a threat or a badass because you simply aren't.

How has all hell ever broken loose? Please explain.

Possible Magius Definitions: "All Hell Breaks Loose"
1. I bitch and moan because people don't like me.
2. I go cry in my room and lurk on IA for a few days without posting.
3. I reassure myself I am cool because I have a green jetta with sweet mods.
4. I think of shitty come backs which rarely come close to matching the wit of anyone on IA.
5. I negative rep everyone who pissed me off.

[Jecht]

OMFG you are an asshole. So you only do something good if you get recognition? You are really petty and immature if you ask me. It's understandable for a little kid to think everything is about him, but you're 19, grow up.




Oh really all hell breaks loose? Like when halfwit owned the hell out of you and you cried about and said you were quitting IA. Don't try to make yourself sound like a threat or a badass because you simply aren't.

How has all hell ever broken loose? Please explain.

Possible Magius Definitions: "All Hell Breaks Loose"
1. I bitch and moan because people don't like me.
2. I go cry in my room and lurk on IA for a few days without posting.
3. I reassure myself I am cool because I have a green jetta with sweet mods.
4. I think of shitty come backs which rarely come close to matching the wit of anyone on IA.
5. I negative rep everyone who pissed me off.

You're calling me immature, but I'm not the one insulting others. I'm being truthful about what I would do in case I saw an accident. My car has absolutely nothing to do with any of the arguments I get into on IA, yet people always bring it up. Oh, and last I noticed, that was what negative reps were put into the forum programming for.

On a side note, how many of the people who said that they would stop to help others were being truthful? Posts like your last few in this thread are why people won't blatantly say things like me - they know that if they say something that differs from the popular opinion that others will always have to comment negatively.

[Halfwit]

magius, your a fucking idiot. u say other ppl bring up your car first? when we were arguing, the only thing u could say is that ur ugly ass piece of shit tape-player having car had power windows and mine didnt.

ur a loser.

ur a disgrace

u should leave ia.

not only that, u should kill yourself.

U GODDAMN IDIOT

OH NOES I MAY HAVE GOT ON HIS BAD SIDE "ALL HELL" MAY BREAK LOOSE NOW ROFL ROFL ROFL ROF LROFL ROLF ROFL.

UR A FUCKING IDIOT....OH DAMN I CANT GO TO ANYMORE MEETS OR MAGIUS MAY LET ALL HIS "HELL" BREAK LOOSE ON ME..

fucking retard.

[Halfwit]

I never said that I'm not selfish. I don't care if it is.

translation=
"I HAVE SEX WITH MEN"

[civic95]

I've seen small ones and kept going. If I thought there were injuries I would stop.

When I had my motorcycle accident the first few cars that came up just kept on going. What a feeling.

[ruah_23]

It all depaNDS..If it's a minor fender-bender..than no.Unless it happen right beside me or infront of me,so I can be a witness for the insurance claim. If it's an entrapment, probably..depand on where am I and the safety surrounding me. EMT,paramedic doc or whatver won't do much good if you stop and you don't have your equipment with you.