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Date Posted: Sat, 08/23/03 11:32am
Author: Sinatihawk
Subject: Re: General question
In reply to: Ylva 's message, "General question" on Fri, 08/22/03 12:22pm

>Just got back from town to get some supplies. Driving
>through our village to get to the mainroad, I had to
>stop behind a bend, 'cause there was a girl lying on
>the road with her foot stuck in two bikes hooked up.
>She had just collided with a little boy, who got a
>slight shock and limped about aimlessly half crying in
>pain and leaving the girl on the road without any help
>at all. I turned the hazard warning lights on, got out
>of the car and left the door open on purpose to
>prevent other cars from passing from behind in the
>bend until I got the girl and the bikes off the road.
>The girl was ok, but she said her buddie hurt himself.
>When he heard us talking while separating and getting
>the bikes out of the way, he got himself together and
>limped up to us. He sat down on a stone and when I
>asked where it hurt he calmed down and pulled up his
>pantsleg; a scratchwound right on the kneecap. No big
>deal, but it hurts like 'you know what'. For whatever
>reason, he didn't want to go home when I asked him.
>The girl said he could come with her. So, everything
>went well in the end, but...
>
>...one thing bothered me: while the girl was still
>lying on the road trying to get lose and the boy
>walking around so aimlessly I was afraid he'd caught
>an concussion (you get terribly dizzy), people kept
>driving! Cars came from both directions, not extremely
>fast as we were in the middle of a housing area, but
>anyway; they must have seen what had happened and was
>going on. The road is so narrow that outsiders
>sometimes ask if it's a one-way road; it is not. So
>the people drove up on the small sidewalk to get past.
>Nobody from the other direction stopped. That would
>have been so easy and kept the road blocked (i.e safe)
>for half a minute or so that I needed to help the one
>child get off the road and control of the other. Ok,
>"nothing" happened and there are worse things on
>earth, but a little later I got so angry with the
>other adults that came by because none of them stopped
>and kept the spot where the children had collided free
>from other vehicles. They insisted on getting past
>someone lying on the road; it's hard for me to accept,
>I can't accept it.
>
>I don't doubt I did the right thing (and don't pat
>myself on the back for it; adults have
>responsibilities), but my quesiton is: do you think
>I'm asking too much of others when I feel it would
>have been apropriate to at least stop to keep other
>cars away?

I agree that someone should of stopped!....But I also understand some peoples misgivings on this kind of subject. It was that late 80's & a very sweet guy that I went to high school with from back home, was heading home with his new wife & on the back road where they lived there was a car pulled over with the hood up on it, & being the kinda person he was known to be he stopped & asked what he could do to help these 2 guys. Well one slit his throat !....his wife help get them out of there & got him to the hospital. I know he made it, but I also know it changed him & thats truely sad because there are not enough good hearted people in this world anymore & that incedent took one more from helping.
Sooooo.....I am under mixed feelings on the subject, except if it would of been me I would stop no matter what & pray that the creator watches over the whole thing....you know?
Just my outlook on life....one of the reasons we exsist is to help one another.
Lv ^*^Sinatihawk^*^

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Re: General question -- Ylva, Mon, 08/25/03 6:02am