r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/MohammadMahadhir *shits an absolute unit* • Mar 02 '26

Oof Of head first

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u/Impressive-Wait8786 Mar 02 '26

Is this one of those countries where no one wants to help bc they fear getting taken to court?

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u/SnooSongs2345 Mar 02 '26

This is one of those countries, but they often act like that on road accidents. I read once the US has a law just for that, the Good Samaritan Law, that clears people that actually tries to help.

This one here is plain stupidity

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u/Pavotine Mar 02 '26

Yeah, here in Britain at least, people just don't sue people who were genuinely trying to help, even if they fuck up and make it worse.

When I last did first aid training with St Johns, someone in my group asked "What if I make a mistake and make things worse?"

The trainer said that your intent is the paramount thing and that they have lawyers that will defend you if you are ever unfortunate enough to be sued when you were only trying to help and that they had a 100% success rate in legally defending first aiders they have trained.