Good deed for the day - and what has come of people?

[derillius24]

Lunchtime was slightly more eventful than usual. I popped into the local bike shop to enquire about having new tyres fitted to the STR - £350 fitted and balanced for PR4s...really?! Last time in Dundee was £270 and I thought that was steep. No thank you...

ANYWAY.

I was driving up the road when I noticed a black car who was turning left up a side street but was stopped half way over the junction. Odd, I thought. I pulled out to go past and noticed there was an old lady face down on the road. I drove 50 yards up the road, stopped in the first place I could, got out and ran back. She was bleeding from her head, with her left leg noticeably shorter than the right and her left foot grossly over rotated and clearly in a world of pain.

The stars misaligned for the poor lady. She had a walking aid, had been just shy of a bus stop and signaled for the bus to stop but it kept driving past. She'd then tried to nip through a side street to get to the next stop in order to catch the bus. She was then crossing a road when this black car had apparently become frustrated at how long it was taking her so blared his horn (what the fuck did he think he was going to achieve?), gave her a fright and caused her to lose balance, hit deck.

When I arrived on scene, the guy in the car was still in his car(?!), and two ladies on the other side of the road were slowly walking past having a good look. Eventually another passer by came to assist and between us we managed to get her off the road and in a position that was more comfortable for her. Now a police car drives past, looks over, keeps driving. Wow. Arseholes.

So by now, the guy is out of his car, pacing around with his hands on his head moaning about how shit he's feeling - nobody said it but we were all, I'm sure, thinking, 'well, yes, you fucking should', and I've managed to flag down a young couple who don't look like the sharpest tools ever but at least they were willing to come over. I asked the girl to call for an ambulance as clearly this lady's hip is dislocated and she's bleeding from her head. In listening in to the call, I felt it wasn't going quite as one might expect that particular phone call to go. Turns out she'd dialled 101, the non-emergency police number. For fuck's sake!

'Oh, should I call 999?'

'yeah, give it a shot, love, you never know...'

I called this lady's husband to let him know what had happened and that we were with her. He got a taxi along to meet us and was a charming old boy.

The paramedics were sound and the casualty was showing a bit of spark by this point by giving me a telling off for asking her age and telling her husband that in no circumstance was he to come to hospital until he'd changed out of his gardening clothes

She was taken away in the meat wagon and I gave her husband a lift home to get changed (there was no convincing him to just get in the ambulance, it'd appear she was the boss!). I've got their phone number so I'll give them a call tonight to see what like. Very sadly, the old lady's sister died on Friday and the funeral is at 9am tomorrow morning which she's now almost certainly going to miss. What a bloody shame.

I had no idea if I was going to be able to help but for goodness' sake, even if all you can do is put a comforting hand on a shoulder and tell the casualty that things are going to be alright then surely you do it. The Bystander Effect doesn't account here and maybe if I hadn't stopped she'd have lay there for another 10 minutes until someone else was willing to do something.

Either way, cool story etc, and I really hope she makes a good recovery.
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[ScaredyCat]

How much was in her purse?
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[derillius24]

I'm saving that treat for later on tonight - the suspense is killing me
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[Rogerborg]

<grr666> Black cars. </grr666>

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[thx1138]

yeah, I've never understood that everyone gawking and doing nothing

I gave first aid at an accident once, and I must have been about the 50th person on the scene

[Vifferguy]

I seem to remember some sort of campaign to do a good deed & then the person receiving it would also do a go deed & so on.

It probably didn't get too far on the streets of England, although I did see 5 Niggas passing a joint around, & around, & ..........

[Saraya]

Well done for organising the stupid idiots.

[Hetzer]

I'll add you to the list of people who have finally realised the world's population is around 95% mouth-breathing cunts.
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[Kris]

Wow, well done for helping out and managing the rage-scene.

Not many about like yourself though.
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[derillius24]

Cheers for taking the time to read, folks. Apologies if the report could've been slightly more succinct but I suppose I was looking for a bit of an out after witnessing the spectacle that was mass ineptitude! And thanks to you-all-know-who for the boring rating. I'm glad I managed to waste some of your day
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[dydey90]

Once witnessed a police car execute a perfect barrel roll on a very wet, very quiet M1 on a Sunday night. Stopped to help, took ten minutes to cross the road because none of the cars in the light flow of traffic were slowing down. Managed to free him from the car, as the front wing had been shunted back to cover the door as an "off duty paramedic" turned up (I swear they go out looking for incidents). Bloke wasn't bad, bit dazed as I assume he'd smacked his swede against something upon landing and had a possibly fractured wrist.
Paramedic left his details and fucked off straight away and left me to wait with him until his lift turned up.

And that, children, is what happens when a BMW tries to floor it through standing water.
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[waffles]

I recently did a first aid/outdoors medicine course and we were told that people are stupid and someone needs to manage the scene until someone with blue flashing lights turns up.

As in, "you in the red shirt, call 999 now. You in the green, give me your coat to use as a blanket." etc.

Well done for stopping and providing help. More people need to learn a little bit of compassion!
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[Sun Wukong]

First, well done chap.

Second, bystanders I can tolerate. Crapwits without a clue interfering pisses me off more. Especially on Friday or Saturday nights etc.

Third, check out Broken Vase on youtube. Once people can say they are worried to help, and are encouraged not to, whole crowds will sit in the street and watch you die.
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[Vifferguy]

[Snowdonia Rider]

This proves what society is coming to these days... Everyone is thick, and no one gives a shit about anyone but themselves.
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[mudcow007]

Cool Story

Riding home last week, hit loads of traffic so filtered to the front only to see a guy spread eagled on the pavement having chest compressions done...

He didnt look healthy

not 3 ft away were a bunch of kids (about 10yrs old) watching an im sure one of them had a mobile filming it.

Shocking really....

[Vifferguy]

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Kids have always been bastards in disguise.
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