turtlerouge

Last night at 830 pm while driving home on a 20 mile long remote road deep in woods, I saw a car that'd to veer hard to miss something & put the car in a deep snow bank. I was too terrified to stop to look to see if someone was hurt, I did slow down and rolled down my window to look and listen, but I was terrified so instead of stopping and getting out, I drove on for 10 miles to get cell coverage to call 911. What would you've done? No cell coverage, alone, dark, and in the middle of dense woods.

Grama Lehr

I think you did the right thing, could you physically help anyone?

Sadiemae

We would all love to stop and help, but really it is just too dangerous for us to stop. You did the right thing.

Janie Q

If you had no cell coverage you did the right thing in my book. It would have been very hard for you by yourself to get to the car and try to help. If someone really needed medical help you would have delayed help. It was a tough descision but I think you made the right one.

bj

I might have stopped. I came on an accident that had already happened where a pickup had flipped (before everyone carried cell phones). I stopped and could see a man inside, but he wasn't responding to my voice. While I was trying to figure out how to pull him through the window, another couple stopped and between the 3 of us we got him out. We sort of drug him back up the embankment and his truck caught on fire. They stayed with him and I went on home and called 911. When I went back to let them know, the police and an ambulance had already gotten there. He got a broken leg and probably a DUI out of it. I wasn't in the middle of the woods, though, and I don't think I'd ever have gotten him out alone. I agree with the others, you did the right thing by getting help to them sooner.

turtlerouge

I could have if it was daylight. A friend just wrote me and said I probably feel quilty for not stopping because that could have been me in that vehicle and another car drove on and I was hurt or shaken up.
Yet, I chose to slow down, and drive off for 10 miles to call for help. Leaving someone maybe hurt or dying. I abandoned them in the deep woods at night.
That's why i wrote this, because I feel quilty for abandoning that vehicle.

bearisgray

It is hard to know what to do -

I would have been afraid to stop - and you did call for help.

Have you heard what happened next?

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

I would stop, but I understand why others would not. Some areas of the country just have so much crime you have to worry about such things.

Even if you would've stopped, you would have had to eventually drive on to get cell phone coverage if the driver was hurt.

Sadiemae

When I had my accident, I was ran off the road by another person. Lots of people stopped to help, but it was 3:30 p.m., well traveled, and 2 miles from town. This makes a lot of difference. Everywhere I drive has cell coverage and that makes a big difference also. You should not feel guilty in the circumstances you were faced with.

pheasantduster

Believe me, you did the right thing - you may have put yourself in danger at that time of night. Your family comes first and if you were harmed your family would suffer. You effort to call 911 necessitated you to leave the scene so yes, once again you did the right thing.