Hit and Run on Busy Street and No One Cares

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Bacstar
It's definitely a sad world we live in nowadays when it may too dangerous or risky to offer a lending hand.

I had something similar happen to me when i used to commute to work by bicycle. I won't get into a long story, but i crashed, ended up lying on the street unconscious for an hour at least. When I did come to, I watched several cars drive past not doing a thing to help. I ended up walking a mile or so trying to find a pay phone to call family and get a ride to the hospital. This was back in the early 90's so celphones weren't that common yet. I ended up with a concussion, broken collarbone, and 12-stitches.

Are you serious? Over an hour?!

 

[KLin]

http://www.cnn.com/

Front page news now.

 

[LegendKiller]

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[reallyfull]

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[tyler811]

non

 

[tyler811]

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[spidey07]

That looks pretty common. People will kind of be in shock and not know what to do, so they just kind of stand there. It's sad that nobody helped, but most wouldn't know what to do anyway. Then the whole getting sued thing is in their head and they're mind just turns do "don't get involved and you won't get sued".

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: tyler811
Cingrats to fine fucked people of that worthless city. You earn the Heartless piece of shit people of the year award.

What's sad and pathetic is that some people are ignorant enough to believe that things would be different in some other city.

 

[isekii]

What is the demographics in hartford ?

 

[PepePeru]

i bet a damn dog would've received better treatment from people walking by.

sickening.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Um.. those standing around MIGHT BE calling 911. Drivers will be drivers, they have a place they gotta be and some people just would rather go about their business in that situation, maybe they call 911 while on their way past it though. You can't willy-nilly say that no one cared, what are you going to do with someone who just got hit by a car? Try to move him? That may make things worse. I agree it looks bad but I'm SURE this scene is played out almost identically in my city frequently.

Read the article, no one called 911.

"The minute-long video shows several cars passing Torres as a few people stare from the sidewalk. Some approached Torres but most stayed put until a police cruiser responding to an unrelated call arrives on the scene."

read the article, 4 people called 911.

 

[ranmaniac]

With the economy as it is, the police would have more success by offering a free tank of gas for information leading to the arrest of the hit-and-run drivers, or bags of rice.

 

[TuxDave]

Bystander Effect

Yeah we humans are pretty dumb sometimes.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Link to Article and Video

Watching the video makes me so angry. The two vehicles that hit the man and take off. Then all of the vehicles and people doing nothing for the poor man.

That's disgusting that everyone is just standing around and driving by

This happens often (although not usually a dude in the street)..no one calls as no one wants to get involved.

I take a lot of shit for calling in things. Once was a 30 min old accident that dispatch said no one else called in. People assume the victims would have a cell phone that works or someone else called.

It takes 2 mins to call something in. If you don't want to give your name just say you'd rather remain anonymous.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Hell no. I ain't going over there only to have Ashton Kutcher hop out from behind a bush and tell me I've been punk'd. I ain't no punk.

 

[Mardeth]

A common explanation of this phenomenon is that, with others present, observers all assume that someone else is going to intervene and so they each individually refrain from doing so and feel less responsible. This is an example of how diffusion of responsibility leads to social loafing. People may also assume that other bystanders may be more qualified to help, such as being a doctor or police officer, and their intervention would thus be unneeded. People may also fear losing face in front of the other bystanders, being superseded by a superior helper, or offering unwanted assistance. Another explanation is that bystanders monitor the reactions of other people in an emergency situation to see if others think that it is necessary to intervene. Since others are doing exactly the same, everyone concludes from the inaction of others that other people do not think that help is needed. This is an example of pluralistic ignorance and social proof. An alternative to explanations of rational motivation is that emotional cues to action can be as powerful as irrational ones, and the presence of a group of inactive others is a pre-rational emotional cue to inaction that must be overcome.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

"City officials, including Roberts, were backtracking from that opinion on Thursday, noting that four people called 911 within a minute of the accident, and that Torres received medical attention shortly thereafter."

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Link to Article and Video

Watching the video makes me so angry. The two vehicles that hit the man and take off. Then all of the vehicles and people doing nothing for the poor man.

That's disgusting that everyone is just standing around and driving by

This happens often (although not usually a dude in the street)..no one calls as no one wants to get involved.

I take a lot of shit for calling in things. Once was a 30 min old accident that dispatch said no one else called in. People assume the victims would have a cell phone that works or someone else called.

It takes 2 mins to call something in. If you don't want to give your name just say you'd rather remain anonymous.

The article said that the police chief later rescinded his initial statements, as "four people dialed 911 within a minute of the accident, and that Torres received medical attention shortly after that."

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Um.. those standing around MIGHT BE calling 911. Drivers will be drivers, they have a place they gotta be and some people just would rather go about their business in that situation, maybe they call 911 while on their way past it though. You can't willy-nilly say that no one cared, what are you going to do with someone who just got hit by a car? Try to move him? That may make things worse. I agree it looks bad but I'm SURE this scene is played out almost identically in my city frequently.

Read the article, no one called 911.

"The minute-long video shows several cars passing Torres as a few people stare from the sidewalk. Some approached Torres but most stayed put until a police cruiser responding to an unrelated call arrives on the scene."

read the article, 4 people called 911.

The outrage here is a bit over the top. It's as if the emotional response from watching the video has completely relinquished people's ability to read the article. If you're going to be upset, don't be upset that the police didn't come but that people didn't go out into the street to keep the guy safe from cars.

 

[finite automaton]

Ever get that run down feeling?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Um.. those standing around MIGHT BE calling 911. Drivers will be drivers, they have a place they gotta be and some people just would rather go about their business in that situation, maybe they call 911 while on their way past it though. You can't willy-nilly say that no one cared, what are you going to do with someone who just got hit by a car? Try to move him? That may make things worse. I agree it looks bad but I'm SURE this scene is played out almost identically in my city frequently.

Read the article, no one called 911.

"The minute-long video shows several cars passing Torres as a few people stare from the sidewalk. Some approached Torres but most stayed put until a police cruiser responding to an unrelated call arrives on the scene."

read the article, 4 people called 911.

The outrage here is a bit over the top. It's as if the emotional response from watching the video has completely relinquished people's ability to read the article. If you're going to be upset, don't be upset that the police didn't come but that people didn't go out into the street to keep the guy safe from cars.

The article was updated 41 minutes ago with that information. The title of the article has also been changed from the one I posted in the Topic Summary.

 

[halik]

I bet that guy was a hobo or was dress like a hobo and people that didn't see it just dismissed it as a drunk bum. That being said, WTF is wrong with the people on the sidewalk?

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Link to Article and Video

Watching the video makes me so angry. The two vehicles that hit the man and take off. Then all of the vehicles and people doing nothing for the poor man.

That's disgusting that everyone is just standing around and driving by

This happens often (although not usually a dude in the street)..no one calls as no one wants to get involved.

I take a lot of shit for calling in things. Once was a 30 min old accident that dispatch said no one else called in. People assume the victims would have a cell phone that works or someone else called.

It takes 2 mins to call something in. If you don't want to give your name just say you'd rather remain anonymous.

The article said that the police chief later rescinded his initial statements, as "four people dialed 911 within a minute of the accident, and that Torres received medical attention shortly after that."

I didn't read the rescinded statement, but I am willing to believe it may have been spun to save face.

Still no one got this guy out of the street or blocked the road off around him.

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: halik
I bet that guy was a hobo or was dress like a hobo and people that didn't see it just dismissed it as a drunk bum.

That would be my first assumption. Hit and run? Not very common. Drunk guy sleeping on the street? Fairly common.

I chuckle at the idea of a jaywalker getting hit by a car, since I don't like jaywalkers. As a person who jaywalks all the time, I'm very upset at how it looks like that car tried to hit him. Hey that guy is jaywalking, let's steer the car toward him, hit him, then drive off like heatbags!

Still no one got this guy out of the street or blocked the road off around him.

If a guy has broken ribs and you move him, you could puncture his lungs and kill him. This is why you're never supposed to touch an injured person unless instructed to do so.

 

[waffleironhead]

Cross at the fucking crosswalk next time grandpa!




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