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rokcrawlin:

--- Quote from: "Carroll" ---Most people don't stop because they can't be bothered, but a few -I'm sure- don't because they worry about being sued.

I'm not being daft here, in the Coastguard we used to pull vehicles stuck on beaches etc to safety. We're not supposed now because a suprising number of them put in claims for damage done during the recovery. (Small things like scratches were in there I seem to recall)

(There has to be someone stuck in the vehicle now for us to try anything)

 :roll:
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quite a few years ago i was on the south bank in London , i was riding my motor bike along the road and saw a dark guy running down the centre of the road i moved to the left to avoid him and he saw the reflection of my lights and tried to change direction he slipped and fell on the back of his head.
I stopped without any form of contact with the guy got off the bike and went to help him...... to cut a long story short my bike was kept at the scene i was taken down the police station whilst the crash investigation bods checked the scene......they found that there no traces of contact with the guy on it the guy died due to a severing of an artery by a peice of bone that was shattered when his skull came into contact with a cast iron catseye .
I ended up going to the inquest and was accused of running the guy down with the motor bike the family had a barrister there who was out to get compensation for the family..........Unfortunately for him the guy had drunk enough over 3 days to put his blood alcohol level to over 4 times the drink drive limit...............  so being nice can go against you.........even if you are innocently passing and try to help someone in distress and the other thing to remember is to remove your keys from your car so it cannot be swiped whilst you go to someones aid

simdeb:
we stopped one night  as a man was lying on the floor he was not with it at all we called 999 and stopped with him stated to ask him who ,what ect,
we managed to get out of him he had tried someting that some one had given him at the pub some one fetched his family his sisterwell the language she came out to us with i told her to f**k off and the next time i saw her or her brother in need of help i would give her the same reply she had given us!

Garth:
I was driving home from work last week when I can across a small hatchback which had broken down on a very large roundabout. The driver had tried to pull onto the island but failed so the rear of his car was sticking out into the traffic waiting to be hit.

So I drove around the roundabout and pulled onto the grass beside him and asked if he wanted pulling off the road, the reply was a very greatfull yes as the AAnonimous breakdown company would be at least an hour.  As we attached tow ropes a police county car pulled up behind with blues on. I explained that I was going to tow the broken down car onto the centre of the roundabout, and the reply was "well hurry up then".

When the vehicle was clear of traffic we detached tow ropes and I asked if the police car would "shield me" back onto the rush hour traffic which was building up on the roundabout and the reply was "well if you are quick".

It wasn't till I had driven away that I thought "hang on I had done that policeman a favor" he would have been sitting there for a least an hour.  

Did I get any thanks? Did I s***

laser_jock99:

--- Quote from: "Carroll" ---Most people don't stop because they can't be bothered, but a few -I'm sure- don't because they worry about being sued.

I'm not being daft here, in the Coastguard we used to pull vehicles stuck on beaches etc to safety. We're not supposed now because a suprising number of them put in claims for damage done during the recovery. (Small things like scratches were in there I seem to recall)

(There has to be someone stuck in the vehicle now for us to try anything)

 :roll:
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A friend of mines Toyota Supra slid into the ditch and a passing Discovery owner pulled him out. Trouble is he put the tow strop around the Supra's suspension and did more more way more damage than was already done. Cost well over £1000 to fix I think! Some people might have sued the 'good Samaritan'. I've been pulled out of the ditch by a passing 4x4- bt made damn sure we both used good strong points for the job.....

Carroll:
Fair comment about sensible recovery points, but a small car up to its axles on a beach doesn't have any. Something probably will break.

My point is that a certain number of unsavoury characters will use any excuse to try and get some money out of folk. I DO stop and help people where I can, but always feel a little wary of what might transpire afterward. You just have to be careful, and make sure everyone agrees to what's about to be done beforehand.

It is interesting that the police are less likley these days to accept help. I wonder if they've been told to avoid it if possible, or whether they're just more grumpy than in the past?

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