candystripper -> RE: Would You know what to do (11/6/2005 8:43:37 AM)
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I understand that in the Scandianavian countries that you are not only required to have a current First Aid Certificate to get your drivers licence, but to carry an approved first aid Kit in the car too. This is something that I and numerous people have been trying to have enforced here as well. one of the problems is that we dont have a National Licence and each state has it's own requirements so its rather like pushing shit up hill in a barbed wire sled to get states to agree on anything unless: 1). the Federal Government holds a gun to their head like witholding Federal Funds (Which they did to have firearms banned in or reduced). 2). The states believe they will make money and not turn their financial corporate buddies against them.... basically its like getting over head walk ways over a bad section of road near schools. Stats show that there needs to be something like 33 MV accidebnts and 30 deaths before they will do anything. (Not sure of recent figures but y'all get my drift). IronBear What an interesting idea. The case law in most states holds that, absent a relationship such as parent-child, no one has a duty to rescue. You can stand idly by while someone dies but for your assistance, and no state that i am aware of can prosecute you for any criminal act/ommision. People may remember the college kid who saw a sexual attack on a little kid -- which i believe ended in her death -- begin; there was video and no doubt what he saw -- and he strolled out of the bathroom and told no one. People were enraged that he was not prosecuted, as he could have saved the child, but the District Attorney could find no law which would support a prosecution. By now, he has probably changed his name legally and is going on with his life as a college student. Many states have volunteer/good samaritan laws to protect those who do attempt a rescue (or provide free services) from litigation. *sigh* i believe strongly some aspects of our legal system need reform. Just FYI; it was the pro bono cases (unpaid) in which people demanded my time the most; lied to me the most; kept returning with new legal problems (yes, thanks for the divorce, now what can ya do about my suspended license), etc. i suppose every professonal has a similar experience; when people receive legal work for free, some undervalue the lawyer's time and energy, and overvalue theirs. candystripper
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