Comments on: Would You Stop if You Hit a Person with Your Car? http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pasadena Guy http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-127465 Pasadena Guy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:23:48 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/29/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-127465 Your talking about the people that actually hit that person. On a freeway there is certainly more then one car at all hours. What about the people that saw what happened and do nothing? I always wondered why the stories of good samaritans got news coverage. It turns out they're a rarity. Your talking about the people that actually hit that person. On a freeway there is certainly more then one car at all hours. What about the people that saw what happened and do nothing?

I always wondered why the stories of good samaritans got news coverage. It turns out they’re a rarity.

]]> By: John Jarzemsky http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126549 John Jarzemsky Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:04:03 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/29/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126549 A friend of mine here in Austin is an avid cyclist: he's been hit five times (the last time resulting in a broken clavicle). Not once did the car stop. Fear of being sued is a big one too. My very dear friend back in Dallas was recently beaten half to death outside a Taco Cabana and the corporate lawyers are refusing to turn over security tapes. Disgusting. A friend of mine here in Austin is an avid cyclist: he’s been hit five times (the last time resulting in a broken clavicle). Not once did the car stop.

Fear of being sued is a big one too. My very dear friend back in Dallas was recently beaten half to death outside a Taco Cabana and the corporate lawyers are refusing to turn over security tapes. Disgusting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126536 Anonymous Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:11:24 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/29/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126536 I'd say the fear is of being sued. Whether you are not culpable or not, someone is still going to make your life miserable. They rationalize that since it was not their fault and someone else stopped (The fiance stopped, didn't he? Or was he not required to under the law? ) they don't have to. Also, I read these stories where a kid darts out into traffic, gets severely injured or killed, driver stops, and an angry mob beats the driver to death. I’d say the fear is of being sued. Whether you are not culpable or not, someone is still going to make your life miserable. They rationalize that since it was not their fault and someone else stopped (The fiance stopped, didn’t he? Or was he not required to under the law? ) they don’t have to.

Also, I read these stories where a kid darts out into traffic, gets severely injured or killed, driver stops, and an angry mob beats the driver to death.

]]> By: Dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126527 Dianne Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:53:41 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/29/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126527 I'd say your list is right on the money. I’d say your list is right on the money.

]]> By: Sailorcurt http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126510 Sailorcurt Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:23:53 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/29/stop-and-render-assistance/#comment-126510 <i>I don’t know how on Earth a decent human being can hit another person with their car and not stop.</i> That's a pretty big assumption in this day and age. What makes you think they are "decent" human beings? I don’t know how on Earth a decent human being can hit another person with their car and not stop.

That’s a pretty big assumption in this day and age. What makes you think they are “decent” human beings?

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