If you saw a car crash?

Question

Scenario

The crash was caused by a women and it was obvious she was completley negligent, and she had two kids in the back, and she hit a car which had three late teen early twenty year old lads in looking a bit shifty (before the accident)

the two cars are on fire and you only have time to save one of the cars occupants (without it being detrimental tour own safety).

Which car would you go for

I said the lads looked shifty not that they were actually doing anything wrong!!

Why should they suffer if the accident was not their fault???

I can't believe the answers i'm getting. It seems so typical that children should come first. But at the expense of someone elses life, and it wasn't even their fault.

Doesn't seem right to me

Answer 1

I've actually been there, and there's no way you can save everybody by yourself. If I had it to do over again, I'd have done the same. I was in the fourth car back, and the only one who would get out to help at first. Grab whoever you can get to first, pull them out, and try to go back as many times as you can, hoping it will drive somebody else into helping. Which it did.

In June of 1984, we had a slow, big new farm tractor holding up a long line of traffic on a hilly, curvy state highway. The elderly farmer had room to get over onto the berm and let us by, but he chose not to. He was sitting up much higher than the cars behind him. He could have signaled "go ahead" when traffic was clear ahead, or "stop, don't go," if it wasn't. He chose to not do that, either.

Finally, on one of the smaller hills, an elderly woman in a big older car tried to pass. Just over the top of the hill, she collided head-on with another older woman in another big car. The farmer looked back at all five cars behind him and cried out, "Oh, my god! Somebody help. I can't. I just can't!"

Nobody ahead of me got out of their cars. I don't know if they were in shock, squeamish, or if they just didn't care, but I was definitely in the first two categories. I got out without hesitation and ran, and I'm not a runner. Or a hero.

I didn't know if the smoke was a fire or just steam from the radiators on the cars, but I dove into the first car, the woman who had caused the crash. The other car was so damaged that I didn't think anyone could have survived.

The old woman was injured very badly, and they're details I don't want to think about ever again or have to repeat, but they were very, very bad. She was pinned in behind the steering wheel. I noticed it was a tilt-wheel, so I released it and raised it. By the time I pulled her out, the front half of the car was engulfed in flames. I knew the gas tank was in back and not in danger just yet, so I went back and pulled her passenger out, a younger woman who was almost certainly dead. I was burnt a little, but nothing requiring medical attention. I was out of breath badly and I'd inhaled a lot of smoke, though. I was very weak and dizzy.

Finally, someone got out and ran to the other car. There was only one old woman in it, and she didn't look to be in very good shape. I held the hand of the first woman I'd pulled out and soothed her and prayed until the paramedics got there. As soon as they got close enough to talk to me, I fainted or passed out. I woke up and vomited. I was in shock.

As much as I did, I always felt that maybe I could've done a little more. I've had countless nightmares about it, and other nightmares that I believe to be reflections back on that day, although they're in far worse situations. That's the only time in my life I've ever seen severe injuries up close, so they couldn't be from anything else. It's my conscience trying to tell me that maybe I could have done a little more. I hadn't applied a tourniquet to the older woman, and I had made the sign of the cross over the younger one, which may have made people think she was already dead, preventing them from helping further. I couldn't bring myself to watch the news or read the paper to find out how it had turned out. I still don't know and I don't want to.

But at least I had done something. I didn't just stay in my car like nothing had happened. I do give myself that much credit.

Like I said, get to whoever you can help first. If the younger woman had shown any signs of life at all, I would've pulled her out first, but such was not the case. She was too far gone and if she'd ever lived, it wouldn't have been anything we'd have considered much of a life. Too much of her was gone.

Please wear your seat belts. She hadn't been.

Peace and love.

Answer 2

Someone who didn't cause the accident is going to die. Either the children or the teens. The children are in the dawn of life. They haven't had time to experience a whole lot, probably not even middle school, dating, high school, all of that stuff. The teens (lads) are older, therefore have experienced a bit more than the children. So, which should be left to die??? Who should be punished for one person's actions??? Thousands of people have been punished because of others actions. Possibly someone had to make this same similar decision. So, to return to the matter at hand, who shall be punished?

If you save the teens, then their families will not have to mourn. A husband/father will probably be the only mourning the loss of those in the other car. How many more shoudl be punished?? Multiple families or a single man??

The choice is yours. Where does your loyalty lie? The dawning children or the destructive youth?

Answer 3

Women And Kids Coz They Have There Whole Life Ahead Of Them Where As The Shifty Teenagers Were Probably Heading For Prison so what a waste that would be to save them

Answer 4

I couldn't actually answer this question until (god forbid) it happened. We can all say how we would like to react but on the actual event act totally different, I drive for a living and have seen a few accidents fatal n none fatal n generally stay calm n just do what I feel is right at the time (n that usually involves calling the emergency services) then think about it AFTERWARDS and break down. You just hope to Christ that EVERYONE gets out alive

Answer 5

Firstly tell your parents that it has 'freaked you out'. It is perfectly normal to experience stress at seeing something like this. For those that have answered in a flippant manner saying things like 'dont worry about it' or ' it aint that bad', ignore them. Everyone can react in different ways. If you don't get much understanding from your parents (or they simply are unable to help you) perhaps you could consider contacting the school counselor or even your family doctor. Most of the time, just talking through your feelings and reactions with someone can help to ease the stress. Maybe even chatting to a good friend about it would help you.

Answer 6

If your focus is to save lives, then it doesn't matter who caused the accident and what the people were doing in each car. Your job is not to judge them but to save them. The court/police will judge them after the accident is over.

In terms of capability, the teens are more likely to get themselves out so I would help save the kids.

Answer 7

Well the kids could grow up to become better citizens then the older guys and the older guys in there twenty's could save themselves.

I'de choose the car with the kids and the woman.

Answer 8

The ones that had the kids in it. Most time I drive a truck with a fire extinguisher then help the others. I hope I never have to come across something that bad.

Answer 9

It is not a time to moralise but a time to hope/ pray that you and others manage to get all to safety. Children are the most vulnerable as they cannot help themselves. Then check to see who can help the injured out and go for them in what time remains. Don't judge, just help.

Answer 10

the kids hands down. the lads could have been up 2 something and iif it was the woman's fault then the only true innocents r the kids.