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While the main reason for their hesitation comes from the fact

India needs more good Samaritans

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canada goose coats on sale In India, it doesn take much for a crowd to gather (not just photographers). Curiosity tends to get the better of most people on the streets, many of whom often will stop traffic just to get a quick (or long) peek at whatever is happening. Even accident spots aren spared. WhatsApp forwards that preach road safety are almost always accompanied by gruesome, bloody videos of fatal accidents with a crowd often circling the scene. canada goose coats on sale

canada goose clearance sale Unfortunately for victims of road accidents, crowds are just observers, and often hesitate to help, and with good reason. With accidents come the police, and with the police come investigations. Assistance is therefore, not always easy or instinctive. This is primarily because people are unaware of Section 134A of the Motor Vehicles Act the Good Samaritan Law. It defines a good Samaritan as a bystander at the scene of an accident who offers to provide medical or non medical assistance to the injured, by either calling for an ambulance, the cops or even taking the victim https://www.canadagoosejacketsoutsale.com to the hospital themselves. These eyewitnesses, who are assumed to have acted in good faith and no expectation of reward, are shielded from legal inquiries by the police or hospitals. No personal details are required from them, their identity needn be disclosed, and they cannot be pulled into any investigation that may occur after the accident: no civil or criminal liability. This is to ensure that an act of goodwill driven by empathy and a sense of social responsibility is respected. But this law, enacted for all the right reasons, is not implemented. canada goose clearance sale

Canada Goose Jackets According to a multi city survey conducted in 11 cities by the not for profit SaveLIFE Foundation with a sample of 3667 people, including the police and hospital administrations, nearly 90% were unaware of this law and a little under 53% of good Samaritans have been detained by the police. Another aspect of the law which saw a shocking 0% compliance is mandatory charters which are meant to be placed in hospitals; which were not. This isn just alarming, it unlawful. Canada Goose Jackets

buy canada goose jacket cheap This is a recent addition to the larger Motor Vehicles Act, having been incorporated following the directions of the Supreme Court in Save Life Foundation vs. Union of India. England, Wales and Ireland have similar laws, all having canada goose outlet canada been recently enacted. England and Wales have Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act which looks at some Samaritans as buy canada goose jacket cheap

Canada Goose sale The roads in our country are dangerous, for pedestrians and vehicles, alike. Roads everywhere are either congested, narrow, falling apart or un navigable, making accidents a common occurrence. According to data by the ministry of road transport and highways, Uttar Pradesh tops the canada goose outlet black friday sale list of maximum number of road deaths and Maharashtra isn far behind. An average of about canada goose outlet canada goose outlet boston 150,000 people die in road accidents every year. The WHO in its Report canada goose outlet factory on Road Traffic Injury Prevention, 2004 has projected that by 2020, road accidents will be one of the biggest killers in India. Canada Goose sale

Canada Goose Online Let piece these statistics together: 150,000 deaths, of which 50% died due to the lack of immediate medical care, during what called golden hour the first hour of injury (WHO). According to the survey, only 29% of the participants were willing to escort a victim to hospital, 28% were willing to call an ambulance, and only 12% would agree to call the police. This is a worrying minority vis the number of deaths. While the main reason for their hesitation comes from the fact that they fear the police, what is also significant is the fact these percentages prove that police interrogations deter people from the moral choice of saving a life. And that points to a larger problem of empathy. Respondents shouldn just be empowered to act but also encouraged to, taught to act swiftly and consider it their social responsibility for the benefit of society. Also, and more importantly, the police and hospital administration must ensure compliance to the SC judgment and protect the rights of good Samaritans. Canada Goose Online

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