What would you do in this car accident scenario?

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Idiot runs a red light, t-bones another car. Large fire from idiot's car, heavy smoke from victim's car. No one else around and no risk of you getting hurt.

Save idiot first. 5
Save victim first. 31
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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago | pl

    Dial 911 from my cellphone.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      In other words, watch them burn?

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      • Boojum
        4 years ago

        It sounds callous, but Rose's suggestion is actually the sensible one.

        Unless you're trained in handing accident victims and extracting them safely from mangled automobiles (and doing so in a way that doesn't endanger yourself), it's possible an attempt to help could do more harm than good.

        In your hypothetical situation, if it doesn't appear that the victim's car is about to catch fire, then they should be left in place for an EMT to assess their injuries and remove them safely. A Good Samaritan would make sure they turned off the ignition, hang around talking to them, keep an eye on the fire situation and think through what they could do if things became life-threatening, but no more than that.

        As for the guy in the burning car, only an idiot would approach a vehicle that's on fire and contains who knows how much gasoline.

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        • leggs91200
          4 years ago

          Yeah but in a real life case like that, muther fuckers be dead by the time help arrived even if they were very fast.

          I mean sometimes you just have to dive in and hope for the best. It would be a case of risk further injury but survive or HOPE the car doesn't explode into a ball of flames before help came.

          Honestly, I would try to help the driver of the car that is on fire first, at least get him away from it.
          Then the smoking one, I guess it depends on things.
          No easy answers really

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  • megadriver
    4 years ago

    Depends... The rational thing is to save the person that is in most danger. But if the idiot is an arab looking type in a brand new white BMW, with oversized shades, a mountain man beard and a hands free device shoved in his ear, I'm helping the victim, calling the emergency services for him and then calmly driving away.

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  • CozmoWank
    4 years ago

    I would get out of my car because it's on fire.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      Ok, so save the idiot first.

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    • leggs91200
      4 years ago

      Man!

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    4 years ago

    steal all their hubcaps and fo

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      ...rnicate with the victim?

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      • d0esnormalmatter
        4 years ago

        Nice!

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      • McBean
        4 years ago

        Hahaha. Very cute. A new angle in multi-alt dialog.

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  • Tealights
    4 years ago

    Call 911.

    Logically, it would be best to assist the idiot since that car is partly on fire and at risk of exploding at anytime. Plus, if the idiot dies in a fire, how is the victim going to take every penny the idiot has for damages and medical.

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    • LloydAsher
      4 years ago

      Try to save both if possible. Whomever id closest to me is probably the person I'll grab first. Burning to death isnt fun nor is smoke inhalation but let's be honest fire is a way worse death.

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  • d0esnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    Roast marshmellos

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  • Grunewald
    4 years ago

    Whoever's closest to me/most easily salvageable. It's not my job to mete out life-or-death justice here.

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  • GaelicPotato
    4 years ago

    Honk my horn as they're in my bloody way.

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
      4 years ago

      no wonder

      yallre on the wrong sidea the road

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      • GaelicPotato
        4 years ago

        I agree. I'm originally from the Netherlands and it was so much getting used to.

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  • Toledorwb
    4 years ago

    Save the white person. Let the Asian suffer. You know she caused it anyway

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