Would You Stop?

wolf · 12-05-2003, 12:46 AM

Yes, I stop, make cell phone calls, etc.

I can't be of much more use than that at an accident scene, although I've picked up more than a few basic skills from long term hanging out with EMTs. While i was in high school, college and for a good few years after I probably made a lot more calls than most active members of a local vollie squad ... my best friend was an EMT and he would respond to the scene rather than the station, then it was my job to drive his car to the hospital.

S_S, at least you owned one of the cheaply made cars that pretty much disassembles itself on impact. Probably saved your life by transferring a lot of that energy through the frame of the vehicle rather than through you.

I'm aware that some of the Australian road accidents can be quite nasty. I've seen video footage of the Clybucca bus accident ... I know they're not all like that, but it makes the point that there are long lonely stretches of highway to traverse.

Glad, though, that you're well, and hope you get a car you like.

View Poll Results: Would You Have Stopped?
Yes	19	82.61%
Only if no one else was around to help	3	13.04%
No	1	4.35%
I would slow to have a sticky beak	0	0%
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12-05-2003, 12:46 AM	#21
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yes, I stop, make cell phone calls, etc. I can't be of much more use than that at an accident scene, although I've picked up more than a few basic skills from long term hanging out with EMTs. While i was in high school, college and for a good few years after I probably made a lot more calls than most active members of a local vollie squad ... my best friend was an EMT and he would respond to the scene rather than the station, then it was my job to drive his car to the hospital. S_S, at least you owned one of the cheaply made cars that pretty much disassembles itself on impact. Probably saved your life by transferring a lot of that energy through the frame of the vehicle rather than through you. I'm aware that some of the Australian road accidents can be quite nasty. I've seen video footage of the Clybucca bus accident ... I know they're not all like that, but it makes the point that there are long lonely stretches of highway to traverse. Glad, though, that you're well, and hope you get a car you like. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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