At times like this, one really needs a Dixie horn?
Watch as this car "jumps" a California highway. The female driver had just been involved in a hit and run accident and was traveling in a excess of 100 m.p.h. She sustained only minor injuries. I'd bet she soiled herself and the front seat.
Because of licensing issues, I could not post the video, but here is the link. I really hope y'all can see it.
WTF! It took over a minute for someone to approach the car to see if they could help. There was a male voice in the car that recorded the video. That guy is a failure.
ReplyDelete- the woman likely cursed the hill or whatever other non-movable object that wouldn't get out of her way
ReplyDelete- woman driver's, increasing our car insurance costs since car insurance was invented
- sure took long enough for the dude in the camera car to go try to help
I thought he was bad slow getting out his car too.
DeleteNo Shit!!! Go see if you can help, don't sit there and blither.....
DeleteA car comes off the expressway and lands, clean side down, in your lane. You're driving a two lane blacktop. The link is worth following just to listen to the way the passengers and driver react during an emergency. One bubble head has to be told to shut up, and reassured that she'll be fine. Mind you, nothing bad is happening to her - yet. Me, I would have pasted her a good one.
ReplyDeleteNow imagine you're a passenger stuck in that completely wrecked, upside-down car. All you got is yourself, the driver (who is very likely impaired), and the clowns in the car with the camera. Maybe your number's up.
Pointless, delayed screaming from woman in camera car.
ReplyDelete"I don't wanna look! I don't wanna look!" from male in camera car.
Hysteria and denial.
Bad combination at ANY time, but in situations like that, it can result in additional injury or death.
...at other times...it leads to the cultural/political situation we've found our selves in for the last 20+ years.
My training would have me shouting to my wife, "Call 9-1-1!!" as I exited the car, because I KNOW that car's gonna catch fire. I'd be extracting the driver and/or passengers as quickly as possible UNLESS the car shows no sign of catching fire. Otherwise, get 'em out ASAP.
ReplyDeleteTraining, training, training. You can never have enough.
And approach from the upwind side as no one did in the video.
ReplyDeleteThe keyboard warriors are out in force today. You never know how you would react until it happens to you. Cut these people some slack; they aren't trained professionals.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they do, maybe they don't. But there are expectations in a civilized society, and some of these people were clearly not meeting them.
DeleteTRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING! And, yes, I've had occasion to USE it. Damn grateful for it, too!
DeleteWitnessed a lady get t-boned in an intersection by a work truck who ran a red. No passengers in my car, so I just slammed it in park and was at the back window of the struck vehicle immediately. Got the kid in the back right out of their carseat while others were tending to mom’s side. EMT’s we’re on scene before the cops, so I moved out to directing traffic until the cops showed up. Helped that I was in uniform, but have done similar since in civvies. Plenty of folks just standing around. Most people just aren’t wired to ‘move to the sound of the guns’ as it were. They get stuck in a loop, instead of figuring out what the next ‘right’ thing to do is.
ReplyDeleteONE of mine was a Hog Rider that got t-boned. Had my daughter stay by his side until help arrived (broken leg), while I directed traffic. Fire station was only three blocks away. As you did, I "filled in" until the Cops could take over.
DeleteI told my daughter to keep him talking, if for any reason he stopped responding to call out to me IMMEDIATELY so I could treat for shock if necessary. Guy was pissed and in pain, so no problem keeping him awake for the five minutes until the paramedics got there.
Silently walked away, my job was done there. I ain't the Hero type, just doing what any trained responder would do. Again, thank God for training!
Agreed that sitting in a comfy car with A/C on and discussing somebody else's fate while they are in potential mortal danger is not a human way to behave. Had the car caught on fire and driver died, I think the idiots videotaping this could be held responsible under the Good Samaritan law where a human is required to help as much as humanly possible in case of emergency. Unless, of course, you are in Crazyfornia and scream bloody murder anytime you see a car wreck. *rolleyes*
ReplyDeleteIMHO, an acceptable course of action would have been for me to grab my medical kit and tell my wife to pop the trunk and bring the fire extinguisher while calling for ambulance and fire truck simultaneously.
Doesn't take much brain to figure this one out. But then again, this is Crazyfornia, the laughingstock of the world with braindead morons hopped up Xanax. So all rational thinking goes out the window by default. And they are spreading and infecting the rest of our country.
Anonymous, just a little clarity here - this was recorded on a dashcam. See the very bottom of the frame, the dashcams usually "announce" what they are.
DeleteNever EVER go anywhere without a dashcam. In today's society it can mean the difference between getting jail time or not, and the insurance companies *that are worth their salt, anyway* usually LOVE the evidence.
Highlights how long 61 seconds is.......or seems..........
ReplyDeleteAnon, That is not how the Good Samaritan Law works. It protects the first responder from legal issues if you are in good faith trying to help someone in an emergency. No part of that holds you responsible for getting involved if you feel you or others are at risk of injury or death, and especially is not saying that you are required to do so.
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