Would you attempt to help in this situation?

[Ingmar]

I was assuming that the car was submerged - if it hadn't been I don't expect there would have been a death involved unless it was from injuries sustained from the actual crash, in which case anyone who tried to move the person would be making a big mistake anyway.

[Signe]

I'm not sure how great a photo of a car stuck in poop would make.  Of course, from a journo standpoint it would be good.  Art, maybe not so much.  

Anyway, I reckoned it's a pond so how deep would it be?  I just figured she would have died from the fumes or something, not drowning.

[Righ]

I'm not sure how great a photo of a car stuck in poop would make.

If the worst comes to the worst, you could always just shop "oh, shit" onto it and upload it to 4chan.

[NiX]

No, they are pointing out you are a sandy twat. Its not the same thing.

I don't care that you made a joke about a woman dying in a pond full of shit. I'm annoyed by the fact that you constantly try to be funny and contradictory, like some bad comedian who thinks he's the hottest shit around, but no one ever laughs at your jokes.

[climbjtree]

Hold on there gryeyes. We are not on the same team here.

I don't know who you are, but I know who NiX is, and if he says you're a turd, you're a turd.

[Cyrrex]

Hold on there gryeyes. We are not on the same team here.

I don't know who you are, but I know who NiX is, and if he says you're a turd, you're a turd.

Ironically, reading his posts is much akin to driving your car into a pond of raw sewage and wondering if anyone is going to dive in and save you.

[gryeyes]

I don't care that you made a joke about a woman dying in a pond full of shit. I'm annoyed by the fact that you constantly try to be funny and contradictory, like some bad comedian who thinks he's the hottest shit around, but no one ever laughs at your jokes.

Sure they do,but I guess the real point is nobody I dont give a fuck what you are or are not annoyed by. Don't like my posts don't respond easy peasy.

We are not on the same team here.

Pretty sure thats what I said.

[Broughden]

Not sure.
Car submerged or not?
If submerged how deep?
Was there an object nearby I could hook an anchor to and set up a Z pulley system?
Was there room to get my SUV nearby and once hooking up a chain tow it out?

First thing they will teach in ANY first aid class from the basic up to a professional responder....YOUR SAFETY as the rescuer is the most important.

[Hawkbit]

This sounds terrible, but my attitude on emergency situations changed when we had a kid.  I'd prefer she grew up with me around, so I'd like to think I'd be a little more conservative on helping other people out in tough situations.  Not saying I wouldn't help, but I likely wouldn't put myself at major risk for someone I don't know. 

[gryeyes]

Having children is one of the few legitimate justifications I can think of for not helping.

[Endie]

Ok, here is where I make an admission I am sure I will regret: I have been immersed in (cow) shit to chest height, to recover a calf from a slurry pit. I was younger and we were (my friend whose farm it was and I) more dumb.

Now, my first instinct in the car situation would be to try and help. I don't know if I'd be capable these days, but I think that the thought of the horrifying ordeal of the victim might drive me to it. If it was untreated human sewage, however, and she was already immersed, and I'd have to submerge myself to retrieve her, then I'd have to say no, unless this is an alternate universe where I'm a plumber with all my shots up to date. We would both die of hep B, hep C and a variety of other pathogens. I owe my family not to commit suicide like that.

[UnSub]

Emergency service training would probably say, "Can you save this person without getting yourself in major trouble? No? Then don't do it."

The most important person in an emergency situation is you. Once you are safe, then you can help other people.