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Government/charities need not award us any lottery. All the Government needs to do is bring a law that protects the good-samaritans (remove all the unnecessary

Government/charities need not award us any lottery. All the Government needs to do is bring a law that protects the good-samaritans (remove all the unnecessary legal hassles and allow us to be anonymous). Heck I would even be willing to pay the hospital's initial deposit only if I don't have to be entangled in all sorts of legal issues. Currently if you report an accident or get the injured person to a hospital you'll be treated as a witness and have to attend all court proceedings. The law should differentiate between a samaritan and a witness (unless the samaritan also wishes to be treated as a witness).

naveen99 10y ago
> you'll be treated as a witness and have to attend all court proceedings sounds like FUD. why should a witness have to attend any time other than one time to testify (usually as a friendly witness, i imagine forcing hostile testimony is even rarer). court proceedings can include filing various forms which are done by one person or not done at all (causing delays). I don't see anyone dragging you to court to file papers that you have nothing to do with... Unless they are charging you with something and arresting you or making you serve on a jury (india doesn't even have jury trials), why would you have to be at the court multiple times just as a witness ? > I don't have to be entangled in all sorts of legal issues. The way to avoid being entangled in legal issues is 1. avoid doing things you know are illegal and 2. avoid pissing off someone (who will see that you get prosecuted for failing at 1).
- shripadk 10y ago
  It is not FUD. It is a fact and has been the case with lots of accidents in India. If that was not so, the Supreme Court of India would not have approved guidelines on how to treat Good-Samaritans. Read about it here: http://thewire.in/2016/03/30/sc-guidelines-now-protect-good-samaritans-who-help-road-accident-victims-26680/ http://thewire.in/2016/03/30/sc-guidelines-now-protect-good-... . The PIL (filed by SaveLIFE foundation) that enabled this issue to be brought to the notice of the Supreme Court clearly states that 88% of the people who they surveyed had attributed this hesitation to fear of legal and procedural hassles: “These hassles include intimidation by police, unnecessary detention at hospitals and prolonged legal formalities,”. The problem is that these guidelines are not enforceable unless they are turned into a law.
  - naveen99 10y ago
    > fear of legal and procedural hassles FUD = _fear_, uncertainty, doubt > unnecessary detention at hospitals hospital has no power to detain you, unless they are committing you to the psychiatry ward. You stay for the same reason you bring that person to the hospital (to help). I understand that people in india are afraid. But my point is that it is a fear based on uncertainty and doubt due to ignorance of the law and other reasons (economic) mis attributed to "legal formalities". Its a polite term to use when the real reason is you have better things to do (your own problems to deal with). > guidelines on how to treat Good-Samaritans. they sound reasonable and within expected legal procedure to begin with... the reason they might have been issued is because of the FUD, not because the law already doesn't say the same thing...

naveen99 10y ago

> you'll be treated as a witness and have to attend all court proceedings sounds like FUD. why should a witness have to attend any time other than one time to testify (usually as a friendly witness, i imagine forcing hostile testimony is even rarer). court proceedings can include filing various forms which are done by one person or not done at all (causing delays). I don't see anyone dragging you to court to file papers that you have nothing to do with... Unless they are charging you with something and arresting you or making you serve on a jury (india doesn't even have jury trials), why would you have to be at the court multiple times just as a witness ? > I don't have to be entangled in all sorts of legal issues. The way to avoid being entangled in legal issues is 1. avoid doing things you know are illegal and 2. avoid pissing off someone (who will see that you get prosecuted for failing at 1).

shripadk 10y ago
It is not FUD. It is a fact and has been the case with lots of accidents in India. If that was not so, the Supreme Court of India would not have approved guidelines on how to treat Good-Samaritans. Read about it here: http://thewire.in/2016/03/30/sc-guidelines-now-protect-good-samaritans-who-help-road-accident-victims-26680/ http://thewire.in/2016/03/30/sc-guidelines-now-protect-good-... . The PIL (filed by SaveLIFE foundation) that enabled this issue to be brought to the notice of the Supreme Court clearly states that 88% of the people who they surveyed had attributed this hesitation to fear of legal and procedural hassles: “These hassles include intimidation by police, unnecessary detention at hospitals and prolonged legal formalities,”. The problem is that these guidelines are not enforceable unless they are turned into a law.
- naveen99 10y ago
  > fear of legal and procedural hassles FUD = _fear_, uncertainty, doubt > unnecessary detention at hospitals hospital has no power to detain you, unless they are committing you to the psychiatry ward. You stay for the same reason you bring that person to the hospital (to help). I understand that people in india are afraid. But my point is that it is a fear based on uncertainty and doubt due to ignorance of the law and other reasons (economic) mis attributed to "legal formalities". Its a polite term to use when the real reason is you have better things to do (your own problems to deal with). > guidelines on how to treat Good-Samaritans. they sound reasonable and within expected legal procedure to begin with... the reason they might have been issued is because of the FUD, not because the law already doesn't say the same thing...