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cooked, on Today, 11:44 , said:
...arriving by minibus in Bangkok, directly in front of the palace, we also saw a body lying on the road near the central reservation. Our crazy f++++** of a driver just swerved around him, as did all the other cars, nobody stopped. Discussing it with my wife she explained yet another scam:
you go help the guy, a motorcycle messenger that quite by chance is nearby will come to help and before you know it you are shelling out to stop him calling the police (his cousin) to tell them that you just caused an accident, to pay for an ambulance and to pay for hospital treatment.
This evil practice of course results in genuinely injured people being abandoned to their fate. I also am a guy that goes to help when everyone else is just gaping, but I think I might hesitate in the future. I read somewhere that this happens in China also, thus the horrible video above.
You did good, the label Farang baa is to be worn like a medal sometimes.
you go help the guy, a motorcycle messenger that quite by chance is nearby will come to help and before you know it you are shelling out to stop him calling the police (his cousin) to tell them that you just caused an accident, to pay for an ambulance and to pay for hospital treatment.
This evil practice of course results in genuinely injured people being abandoned to their fate. I also am a guy that goes to help when everyone else is just gaping, but I think I might hesitate in the future. I read somewhere that this happens in China also, thus the horrible video above.
You did good, the label Farang baa is to be worn like a medal sometimes.
Yes, it is a conundrum, one that thankfully I have not had to resolve, yet.
Nearest I've come in LOS was seeing a truck driver having an crash on the central reservation when his truck jacknifed, but I was in a minivan, and the driver would not stop. He did call the authorities though.
However, in Saudi, as part of the orientation program, we were told never to stop and assist an injured person as the authorities would automatically consider that if the victim died it was our fault, and we would be found guilty of murder- go figure!
