Heroic Citizen saves little girl.

[Warrior of the Light]

Originally Posted by baafie

What I am saying is that it may not be in the victim's best interest to act immediately. I think there is a greater chance of survival if you call in the police.

none of us were there. In some cases it's better to call and wait but if there's just one asshole and you know you can do it yourself, go for it. It's always better to do something that to do nothing. Even if he had called the police, noone knows how long it would've taken them to get there.

[baafie]

Originally Posted by Warrior of the Light

none of us were there. In some cases it's better to call and wait but if there's just one asshole and you know you can do it yourself, go for it. It's always better to do something that to do nothing. Even if he had called the police, noone knows how long it would've taken them to get there.

But you cannot know that you won't be placing the victim in even greater risk of harm. In this case, the victim was exposed to considerable risk of a car accident.

If the intervenor had called the police, I suspect they would have followed him until he had stopped somewhere, and then proceed to intercept. That would have minimised the risk to the victim.

You correctly point out that at this stage it is academic. However, I don't think that the intervenor necessarily did the right thing, but it is probably true that it was better than doing absolutely nothing. It was mere good fortune that the victim didn't get hurt, though.