Dumb but good.

[Rangerscott]

I hate when people just stand around like a herd of cows when something goes down but you better make sure you can handle the situation.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/24739204

[the chi]

Interesting. We are studying group mentality in Pysch right now, most specifically the Kitty Genovese case. It's amazing how many ppl will simply "assume" someone else will take care of calling 911 or think that they shouldnt get involved instead of helping their fellow man. Think of the ppl stabbed and lying bleeding on the street while others walk by and just look? Or how many times have you driven by someone on the side of the road and didnt stop "because someone else will"?

Kinda neat of those guys, goofy tho it may seem. At least they are trying to make things better.

[Rangerscott]

I'm one of the very very very few people that'll pull over for someone. I've been broke down a ton of times so I've lived the scenario a lot. I don't stop for the ones that are pulled over and on their phones. Sometimes I'll drive by and look at the person and look at their facial expression and the vehicle's condition then make a turn around if they look helpless.

The last time I pulled over was for a lady with a fully blown tire. She was pulled over on the exit road line and a barrier on the right side. I was thinking that was a terrible place to stop at. Pulling over needs to be taught during drivers education. I'd rather have a ruined wheel then a smashed up vehicle and body from some dumbass hitting a parked vehicle.

I did a loop around and got her out of her vehicle. The suck was it was her front driver side tire which was in the exit lane. It was a VW with a really shitty jack and after nearly getting run over by a few dozen people, I found out she didn't have the lug key to get the keyed lug off. She was able to get a hold of someone to come get her. I offered her a ride up the road to drop her off at a restaurant but she wanted to stay. I then told her its best that she stand in the grass area out of her car. People just love running into stationary objects. Of course she got right back in.

The guard rails in my town are vehicle magnets. They get replaced over and over and over.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I'm one of the very very very few people that'll pull over for someone. I've been broke down a ton of times so I've lived the scenario a lot. I don't stop for the ones that are pulled over and on their phones. Sometimes I'll drive by and look at the person and look at their facial expression and the vehicle's condition then make a turn around if they look helpless.

The last time I pulled over was for a lady with a fully blown tire. She was pulled over on the exit road line and a barrier on the right side. I was thinking that was a terrible place to stop at. Pulling over needs to be taught during drivers education. I'd rather have a ruined wheel then a smashed up vehicle and body from some dumbass hitting a parked vehicle.

I did a loop around and got her out of her vehicle. The suck was it was her front driver side tire which was in the exit lane. It was a VW with a really shitty jack and after nearly getting run over by a few dozen people, I found out she didn't have the lug key to get the keyed lug off. She was able to get a hold of someone to come get her. I offered her a ride up the road to drop her off at a restaurant but she wanted to stay. I then told her its best that she stand in the grass area out of her car. People just love running into stationary objects. Of course she got right back in.

The guard rails in my town are vehicle magnets. They get replaced over and over and over.

I absolutely HATE it when people pull over on the side of the freeway. That is, especially in Texas when there are frontage roads that parallel the freeway with significantly less traffic. OR, when there is a parking lot at the bottom of the exit lane.

All too often people panic and don't know how to keep breathing. They get so wrapped up in the current situation they are so over-focused on dealing with the blown tire they don't understand what a precarious situation they just put themselves into. I mean, they are almost paying for their wheel with their life. Dumb.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Pulling over needs to be taught during drivers education. I'd rather have a ruined wheel then a smashed up vehicle and body from some dumbass hitting a parked vehicle.

It was taught in my drivers ed class over 20 years ago, using this exact same logic. The instructor said it's a lot cheaper to pay for wheel than it is to pay for hospital bills.

I also do as you, and stop whenever possible.

[jtemple]

I have seen several vehicle accidents, some with injuries, some without, where there were several (10 or more) other witnesses. I was the only person that stopped.

One particular accident was a tractor-trailer that slid off an icy highway into a ditch and rolled over. Everyone just left him there, except me. I stopped (which took nearly 1/4 mile in the ice) and ran back to the truck while calling 911. I also flagged down a state trooper that was driving by slowly, looking at the truck. He had no idea if it was an old accident that hadn't been cleaned up yet, or if there was still someone in the truck. I wonder if he'd have just kept on going himself.

I have also ran off a guy that was very obviously casing houses for a break-in. It was a new housing development. My neighbor had all of his stuff moved into his house, but no blinds or anything in the windows. So, the clown had full view of all of his shit. Had I let him be, my neighbor's first impression of his new neighborhood wouldn't have been very positive.

I don't stand around and do nothing; I just can't.

[Kaneman]

My lil bro was killed when standing on the side of the highway after a fender bender. Hit by a bitch in a speeding truck and probably drinking. I would never, ever stop to help someone on the side of the highway. Sorry, but there's no reason to stay with your car if you can't make it off the highway. Get off the road, call a wrecker.

[Avatard]

Probably good advice to stay off the highway, anywhere in the world, but especially here.

I believe in Europe (certainly in Germany) you're expected to carry an emergency kit with road flares, triangles, and other safety equipment in your trunk for just such an occurrence.

[Amorok]

I can understand the feeling of having to do something. Especially with police that are more concerned with revenue generation than they are public safety. I don't really have any trust in the authorities left, and I can imagine if I lived somewhere bad enough that eventually you'd feel like you had to do something.

[Papa_Complex]

I was rather surprised, a few years ago, to the reaction in my neighbourhood when a gang of teenagers smashed the windows out of one of my neighbour's houses. Far from people ignoring the situation; a dozen of us turned up in the courtyard, carrying various blunt objects. The only person who DIDN'T, was the neighbour who had been attacked. The rest of us were pretty sure it was drug related.

A few of us followed the gang as they left, while I called the location in to police. The police, of course, didn't arrive for several hours.