Or, perhaps the traffic didn't stop so no one went near the poor man. I'd be scared to bring someone in out of traffic, too, for fear some crazy SOB would run me over and kill me. I sold my motorcycle because where I live people will take a serious chance of killing you with their cars rather than be late for work, because of course they left late for work. You're the POS that's between them and work, and maybe the cause of their being fired if they get there late. That makes you the stickiest, slimiest form of dung on the bottom of their shoes.
I'd have serious hesitation about jumping in front of the psycho @$$holes that make up a fair percentage of the American driving public today to help anyone other than a family member. Remember, too, we're conditioned now that "It's a police matter". We let the cops handle everything in modern America. I'm sure that's the thought a lot of them had, and I can't blame them there, either. Who wants to be harangued by the police for stepping into an emergency situation that creates or worsens a hazardous condition?
I'm not bashing the police here. I'm simply pointing out what I think is a component of a good deal of thinking in the modern world. I've been yelled at by cops for what I thought were fairly innocent actions in traffic. I don't take those kinds of risks any more. Let them deal with it.
I learned to drive in the NY metro area, so I understand city traffic and heartless bystanders. But if you’re driving a car and you see a man lying in the road, you should stop, in order to protect him from further injury by blocking traffic. All it takes is a heart and a brain.
I agree with you. Also, notice all the indignation on these threads is directed at the pedestrians and almost none at the driver who didn’t stop, either.