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Re: Do you call the police if you see a car crash?
I was in what seemed like a minor fender bender on the DC beltway and immediately called 911. They asked if there were any injuries and before I was finished saying "I don't think so" they had transfered me to the non-emergency highway services line, or something like that. Folks in the cars behind me had to be taken to the emergency room (after someone else called and EMS was sent). I realize that 911 is busy and needs to deal with true emergencies, so it was a good lesson that I should spend 10 seconds to take stock of the situation before calling. I wonder if 911 passed you off so quickly because it was clear that you didn't know what had happened or if anyone was injured. Not excusing them.
Here's one for ya-
I witnessed an accident while sitting at a stop light in which a little sedan t-boned an SUV that was running a red light. The SUV flew up into the air and rolled over probably 5 or 6 times, ejecting both passengers. The guy flew probably 30 feet into the air and looked like a rag doll.
At that point I would say that probably 10 cars immediately stopped and ran to help these people.
So, while I was calling 911, I got a busy signal for probably 5 solid minutes.
Last year, I saw an accident. I saw a car swerving behind me but they missed me. I also saw a motorcyclist behind that car swerve, saw him go down, roll and get back up. I called 911 to report it and the person that answered was really pissy about it and gave me a hard time. She refused to send anyone to respond b/c there were people standing around the guy and he was upright at that point. She said they'd only send someone to respond if the people with him called (WTF?). I called a family member who is a dispatcher to ask if I was crazy b/c that just sounded f-d up. The family member was horrified. I contacted the emergency services manager for the county and he pulled the call record and disciplined the dispatcher. He told me if it happened again, to keep calling 911 until someone responded.
And how in the world would they know if you just drive by? There's absolutely no way of enforcing it.
Depends. Minor fenderbender with people exchanging information? I see that weekly, and no. Major crash where people might need to be examined at least by an EMT? Of course. I also encountered an accident once where the cars were each blocking a lane of traffic (in the middle of a 4 lane road, so only the 2 right lanes where available). The cars were definitely not able to be driven (entire front end of a BMW 3 series smashed in), but no one seemed hurt, and there were no emergency vehicles in site. I called the police and was simply told that the cops in my area don't respond to non-injury crashes. I was thinking they might want to redirect traffic, or at the very least take a report for insurance or the DMV reporting. They didn't seem suprised, though. I would imagine lots of people call things like that in.
I also called in a good samaritan report when my friend saw someone slumped in his car once.
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This is what I was going to say. Unless your state has a good samaritan law I'd probably counsel against trying to help. You could be liable for making things worse.
Incumbent could also mean "by the standards of the medical profession you are a part of". In any event, there is no legal obligation that I am aware of in NY.
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