Heartless New Yorkers!

mookiemookie · 04-27-11, 01:23 PM

I think they should standardize the Good Samaritan laws across the country. In Texas, there's no duty to rescue, but the Good Samaritan Act protects people who are truly trying to provide medical aid.

AVGWarhawk · 04-27-11, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I think they should standardize the Good Samaritan laws across the country. In Texas, there's no duty to rescue, but the Good Samaritan Act protects people who are truly trying to provide medical aid.

But again, not all states are like this. People do not want to get involved or held liable.

Sledgehammer427 · 04-27-11, 01:50 PM

nothing like an article like this to drag the cynics out of the woodwork.

of which I am one, and Ducimus has already said what I was going to say.

I'm also glad someone brought up Kitty Genovese, we discussed situations like this in my psychology class a couple years ago.

I likened the Kitty Genovese case, and cases like this one, on seeing a car stranded on the side of the road on a busy highway.

You see the hazards on, and you would naturally try to help, but you are on a busy highway, there may be someone else who is better suited to provide assistance than you are, they might be on the phone with AAA, or their friends.
and with that, I think most people decide that there is no need to inconvienence anyone.

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