"In our world, instead of helping, people make videos of everything. I don't understand it"
>The video was then shared online and the 28-year-old was identified by Belarusian journalists.
Thats slightly unnerving though even though it might have been done with good intentions (given he didn't even give his name to the Polish journalists), can Belarus journalists normally just identify any random lad from a social media video? I can see why he chooses to remain in PL rather than BY (perhaps one of the protestors/activists and already the media are told to look out for him?)
I guess that was just regular crowdsourced OSINT - in such case there's a massive wave of proud shares on social media in the origin country and someone eventually recognizes the hero.
@kravietz that makes sense (as he's clearly done a good thing and not in any trouble more people might come forward).
I'm not sure if in UK these days bystanders would be expected to or even encouraged to attempt to shift a bus (in spite of any traffic jam) as bus company + insurers would be worried about liability (in any case many buses would have automatically notified control they are stuck somewhere due to GPS and telemetry) - but would be encouraged to make space for any rescue vehicle..
I could certainly die in the process (as I could die while walking from the shop) or scratch her car or get hit by a meteorite or get sued by the AA for taking their business away... but I felt walking up and just helping her was the right thing to do was quite natural and the only reasonable thing to do at given situation.
@kravietz there have been incidents round here (usually Essex and Outer London) where a fake breakdown is set up (usually with a young good looking woman at the wheel) - those who attend to help her are jumped and robbed.
Also solo young drivers (especially women) who have definitely broken down are now taught to be wary of help from any random person who passes by, and to call 999/112 or use the emergency telephones instead (if its a motorway/fast road)
Ok, but before we start escalating the chain of "what if" scary events, can we agree it's a slightly different situation when you are already immobilised in a slippery hole in the middle of densely populated residential area and a passer-by oferrs to push?
@kravietz a built up (but fairly affluent) area such as that part of Caversham is relatively safe (East Anglia in comparison is a lot more spread out and quieter).
I agree that civil society in UK has been declining in last 30+ years, but if half the people insist on voting for politicians who think "there is no such thing as society" and a proportion of those folk are actual criminals, they can bloody well live with it until or unless they learn the hard way there are better ways of living..
@kravietz TBH if I was in the same part of Caversham I'd have done the same (I'd be warier of doing it the other side of Amersham Road!), I'd help out in the area I lived in in Ipswich and the areas around where I work as I know a lot of people there - anywhere else like Essex I'd call 999 if I saw someone in distress so the Emergency Services were aware and only approach very carefully if the situation looked safe..
@kravietz UK law does have some protections for "good samaritans" it would be still thought reasonable to help a private motorist or (even a bus) - its just not encouraged as much for buses as they are big and their operators should already have emergency procedures (every time I've seen one broken down here the recovery is there within minutes). Ironically its best to help someone when there are also non-involved bystanders just watching as they can prove its a genuine emergency situation >>