How does any non-expert know that a car is not going to catch on fire after a nasty accident? I wouldn't count on the experts knowing for a one hundred percent certainty. The person who rescued her friend was also in the accident. She was shaken up. This court case is bogus.
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Human Compassion being Killed?
- Thread starter Baron Max
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distantcube
Registered Member
Bells said:It is common sense to not move someone if you don't know if they have suffered spinal injuries..
Unless the car could possibly go up in flames. Better to risk paraplegia than end up a charred piece of meat.
Also, it's worth pointing out that what you call 'common sense' is obviously not apparent to many 'common' people on this thread.
Challenger78
Valued Senior Member
How does any non-expert know that a car is not going to catch on fire after a nasty accident? I wouldn't count on the experts knowing for a one hundred percent certainty. The person who rescued her friend was also in the accident. She was shaken up. This court case is bogus.
Indeed. She would have reacted on impulse, and to be honest, who wouldn't?
Explosions are a very real thing in car accidents.
Baron: please tell me you don't believe that moral.
James: Justice systems can be flawed, as with any other man created system.
Torti was a passenger in a car that was following behind the vehicle and stopped after the crash. Torti said when she came across the wreck she feared the car was going to explode and pulled Van Horn out. Van Horn testified that Torti pulled her out of the wreckage "like a rag doll." Van Horn blamed her friend for her paralysis.
What a terrible excuse for a human being.
Jesus, if I was trapped in the wreckage of a car I'd thank anyone for pulling me out. There could very easily have been petrol running over the hot engine after a collision, so she was trying to get her friend out as quickly as possible.
Even if it was being moved that had rendered her paralysed, what is she possibly trying to gain from suing?
Revenge? Justice? Oh come on.
That wasn't compassion, that was stupidity.
Everyone knows not to move someone in an accident.
If the car was actually on fire, that would be different.
Yes, it would be different, and probably already too late.
Although I wouldn't worry, I don't think any one would take the time to piss on you and your flaming car after a post like that.
distantcube
Registered Member
Indeed. She would have reacted on impulse, and to be honest, who wouldn't?
Explosions are a very real thing in car accidents.
When every car that crashes in every action movie goes up in a fiery blaze, who can blame the layman for assuming that a crashed car is a fireball waiting to happen?
Buffalo Roam
Registered Senior Member
You can't. That's why you turn off the ignition and as I've seen people do, manage to wrench up the hood of the car and disconnect the battery completely, which is the safest option.
Not really, by disconnecting the battery you can create a arc, and set off the fuel vapors, and I have also seen battery's explode when disconnect improperly.
She blamed her friend for her paralysis? Stupid bitch. Would she rather have gone up in flames?
Not many people actually know that you should disconnect the battery to prevent a fire, rather than lift someone out. Torti acted reasonably if you ask me, especially when you consider that in a situation like that you don't get to sit and calmly do an analysis on the best course of action. You have to use your instinct.
Not many people actually know that you should disconnect the battery to prevent a fire, rather than lift someone out. Torti acted reasonably if you ask me, especially when you consider that in a situation like that you don't get to sit and calmly do an analysis on the best course of action. You have to use your instinct.
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I would not pull someone from a car wreck unless the car was on fire at the time, or pissing petrol all over the place. I was taught this kind of stuff back in middle school (6-11 year olds), you should never move a person that has been involved in an accident unless they are clearly in immediate danger from fire, being crushed, etc. The risk of further injury is too great unless trained paramedics are there.
Common sense really.
Common sense really.
Compassion BEING killed? As if such hasn't been happening for thousands of years???
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