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What if a close personal friend had done so in the past to horrible consequences for themselves? What if time and again, you hear stories of good Samaritans rea
by sopooneo 10y ago
What if a close personal friend had done so in the past to horrible consequences for themselves? What if time and again, you hear stories of good Samaritans reaping life destroying "thanks". What if you are a parent, and know that helping may risk putting you in jail, and unable to provide for you very poor family?
- nicky0 10y agoI'm not familiar with this phenomenon of being jailed for helping a crash victim. Can someone elaborate? (Is this as US litigation culture thing?)
- DanBC 10y ago> Tewari set out to understand this behaviour, and found the same pattern repeated time and again across the country. Passers-by who could have helped were holding back and doing nothing. > "The foremost reason was intimidation by police," he says. > "Oftentimes if you assist someone the police will assume you're helping that person out of guilt."
- LionessLover 10y agoReading the article and not just the comments occasionally helps :-)