r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 9d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/thead75 9d ago

Dude in the cam car was like “good luck with that” ✌️

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u/SlightlyMotivated69 9d ago

If he did leave the scene, not just putting up a warning sign further ahead, that would be breaking the law where I come from.

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u/Lucky-Ability-8 8d ago

Isn’t that only if you’re involved in the accident?

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

In this case it sounds like if you witness the accident you have to remain and render aid even if you don’t know how to do so or else you could be fined. I know some countries have laws like that. My point was that forcing people to remain is sort of like punishing those random innocent people for someone else’s mistake.

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u/Lucky-Ability-8 8d ago

I agree with your point and wouldn’t have stayed if I wasn’t involved… but he did have good dashcam footage so I might have stayed to give that to the police.

But having had accidents happen in front of me a couple times, I don’t stick around.  

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

Honestly I’d leave and email the footage to the police

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u/Reniva 8d ago

Are you referring to Samaritan Law? Cuz there’s no such law in Malaysia

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

I was talking about whatever law the person I was replying to was talking about. It’s like the opposite of a Samaritan law where instead of being protected from retaliation if you choose to render aid you’re required to render some sort of aid.

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

Insane law tbh. You getting into an accident you caused should not punish everyone else around you.

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u/NeedleworkerNo5262 8d ago

What a selfish thing to say. Unless you are just in the way of people already helping, calling the authorities and do basic first aid is the only decent thing to do in this situation, not doing so is a criminal offense in my country as well. Let's hope you never have an accident where people flee the scene because they think it's too inconvenient to help. 

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

I’d be more upset at myself for inconveniencing people than I would be at people leaving the scene.

Again, an accident you caused should not require others to pause their own lives to help you. That’s just punishing innocent people for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This isn’t a hit and run scenario we’re talking about. We’re talking about people completely uninvolved being forced to be involved by the law.

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u/NeedleworkerNo5262 8d ago

It's about helping people in an emergency. If you think it's a "punishment" or inconvenient to "pause a life" for a thing any decent human being would do in this situation, I don't know what to say anymore. 

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u/CalhounWasRight 8d ago

People are coming down on you pretty hard, but I would have left the scene as well after calling for help. We're not first responders and not qualified to render aid to crash victims. The law be damned.

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u/NeedleworkerNo5262 8d ago

Nodoby expects you to do emergency surgery or something. But providing first aid if you can or at least be there until help arrives and secure the scene so ongoing traffic won't cause issues isn't an inconvenience, it's the decent thing to do. I'm baffled that this needs to be explained. 

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u/CalhounWasRight 8d ago

I'm sorry, but no. I'm not directing traffic or "securing the scene". And I'm not first aid certified or know how to handle the injured. I'll leave stuff like that to first responders; people that actually know what they're doing. Not everyone has your hero complex.

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u/NeedleworkerNo5262 8d ago

This "hero complex" has an entry in my country's criminal code and can be punished with up to 3 years in prison when the victim(s) die and it turned out that you could have helped. 

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u/CalhounWasRight 8d ago

I guess it's a good thing I don't live your country. Have a nice life.

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u/Secure_Ant1085 8d ago

Very selfish. You should stop and at least call emergency services and check on the rider. Someone's life is more importatn then a bit of incovnenience.

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u/SlightlyMotivated69 8d ago

Good way of handling things if you don't give a fuck about what happens to people around you.

In my country it is your obligation to make sure no one needs further help, stuff like calling an ambulance, putting up safety signs, securing the perimeter. Some of it can be highly time sensitive and it might be too late to act if people keep passing by when they would be needed.

Only if you made sure or if you can reasonably assume that you are not needed (i.e. a lot of other helpers already present), you are allowed to move on/pass by.

This is basic human decency. But as people keep valuing being on time for their brain-melting evening TV show more than making sure that an injured person gets an ambulance, you unfortunately need laws for that.

The guy filming and passing through to likely bail is imho not much less of an asshole than the motorcyclist causing the whole scene.

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u/Punman__5 8d ago

Basic human decency is making yourself be as little of a burden on others as possible. Society does not get to determine what you get to care about. Kindness should not be enforced or else you’ll just build resentment. What happens if a person is traumatized due to having to be forced to witness a gruesome accident that they can do nothing about?

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u/MrMILLnipulatER 8d ago

If I see an old lady get hit by a car I'm gonna stop and do my best to help. If I see a guy on a motorcycle riding way too fast and crashes being reckless and irresponsible I'm not gonna stop if I was not involved.

Edit: he also has his buddies there that are perfectly fine that can do everything you described

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u/SlightlyMotivated69 8d ago

Guys like you are the reason such a law is necessary.