Made my blood boil !

[purple vonny]

Also sad that if it was a child rather than an old lady on the stretcher, he would have been done.

[paul-gte]

isn't it some kind of offence to be walking on a public highway, i think the americans call it jay walking, pc might have been able to do him on that
regards and keep up the good work, paul

[hogen-deifar]

Unfortunately, you'll never change people like that. I was first on scene at a car crash, one car slamming so hard into the side of the car it made it roll. I did my "first aid bit", whilst a pedestrian called the ambulance. The car was on it's side and the lady was strapped in. So I asked a very tall man to hold her head from drooping and to just talk to her, keeping her calm until the professionals turned up whilst I made sure the other guy wasn't hurt.

As I walked over to his car I noticed about 30 other "chav" types had crawled out of their holes and they were taking pics on their mobiles of the whole scene. I was gobsmacked. How sick of people. What if there'd been a death? Just wrong on so many levels.

But that's what some people are like and although we should say how we feel I think we also need to not get wound up by these people because in the end we're only upsetting ourselves. It's a fact of life and sadly not a lot we can do about it.

I hope the lady in your accident was ok. And well done for doing a fantastic job. Always a job I've wanted to do, but too old now to change! I did look into joining the service but it was when I lived in Wales and you needed to be fluent in Welsh. The thought of learning both at the same time sent my few brain cells into panic mode!! I admire you all, very much.

[Scubapimp]

Your story reminds me of something that happened to me a couple of weeks ago.

I recieved a call from my Dad saying that my Grandmother had only a few hours left to live and if I wanted to see her one last time I needed to get back to Shefffield ASAP. I was on a course in York so I got in the car and came home to see her. She was old and we were expecting her to die soon so it was not a big shock.

The problem came when my Uncle got a camera out and started taking photos of her, minutes before she died. He did this when I was the only other person in the room. I told him to stop as none of us wanted to remember her in the state she was in. She was conscious and was looking at us but could not speak or move to say how she felt about this. His response was the same as the man at the accident. "I can take pictures of whatever I want". I was furious. My Mum is so upset that there are photos of her Mum dying. It has caused such a rift in my family. I was also worried that he was going to start snapping away at her funeral but I think he realised what me and my Dad would do if he did.

Sorry for the rant but it feels good to get it off my chest.

I just don't know what some people are thinking. Would they like it if someone took photos of them in their most vulnerable moments? Probably not.


James

[RichardC]

I wonder if the guy would have been so keen on members of the public taking photos if it had been his mother being treated.

Well done for not losing your cool - You are still out there making a difference and that's what really matters.

[cgrosart]

Originally Posted by hogen-deifar

Unfortunately, you'll never change people like that. I was first on scene at a car crash, one car slamming so hard into the side of the car it made it roll. I did my "first aid bit", whilst a pedestrian called the ambulance. The car was on it's side and the lady was strapped in. So I asked a very tall man to hold her head from drooping and to just talk to her, keeping her calm until the professionals turned up whilst I made sure the other guy wasn't hurt.

As I walked over to his car I noticed about 30 other "chav" types had crawled out of their holes and they were taking pics on their mobiles of the whole scene. I was gobsmacked. How sick of people. What if there'd been a death? Just wrong on so many levels.

But that's what some people are like and although we should say how we feel I think we also need to not get wound up by these people because in the end we're only upsetting ourselves. It's a fact of life and sadly not a lot we can do about it.

I hope the lady in your accident was ok. And well done for doing a fantastic job. Always a job I've wanted to do, but too old now to change! I did look into joining the service but it was when I lived in Wales and you needed to be fluent in Welsh. The thought of learning both at the same time sent my few brain cells into panic mode!! I admire you all, very much.

Yes, I'd thought of joing the Welsh service too - lots of caves, cheaper houses, better pay - but can't speak welsh and wouldn't know where to start !
Thanks for all your kind comments - it's not often I get wound up in my job - I just try to remember that it's what we are there for - but arseholes like this really get me sometimes. If it had been his Mother or child I expect he wouldn't have liked it. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself and you can't go far wrong. Obviously somebody forgot to tell him that bit....

[DIVE BUDDHA]

i know your a proffesional but how the heck did you contain yorself from telling him to f*ck rite off!

what a total and utter tw*t

[cgrosart]

Originally Posted by Scubapimp

Your story reminds me of something that happened to me a couple of weeks ago.

I recieved a call from my Dad saying that my Grandmother had only a few hours left to live and if I wanted to see her one last time I needed to get back to Shefffield ASAP. I was on a course in York so I got in the car and came home to see her. She was old and we were expecting her to die soon so it was not a big shock.

The problem came when my Uncle got a camera out and started taking photos of her, minutes before she died. He did this when I was the only other person in the room. I told him to stop as none of us wanted to remember her in the state she was in. She was conscious and was looking at us but could not speak or move to say how she felt about this. His response was the same as the man at the accident. "I can take pictures of whatever I want". I was furious. My Mum is so upset that there are photos of her Mum dying. It has caused such a rift in my family. I was also worried that he was going to start snapping away at her funeral but I think he realised what me and my Dad would do if he did.

Sorry for the rant but it feels good to get it off my chest.

I just don't know what some people are thinking. Would they like it if someone took photos of them in their most vulnerable moments? Probably not.


James

That's awful - worse even. What gets me is these sick people KNOW that there is nothing you can do and are more interested in putting that point across than other's feelings. The law is an arse sometimes. Isn't it supposed to be there to protect people ??

[cgrosart]

Originally Posted by DIVE BUDDHA

i know your a proffesional but how the heck did you contain yorself from telling him to f*ck rite off!

what a total and utter tw*t

I don't know. I just don't know. People who know me know that I can be a bit, er, fiery - but I mean well and I'm a big softie really. I suppose it was the thought of losing my job and this d!ckhead walking away sniggering, scot free, which made me think twice. And yeah, we are professionals - but we are also human and having a good rant back on station often does the trick. And here !

[access]

Just on the flip side of this, my son was involved in a road traffic accident on Thursday night when ha was struck amidships by another car. I received a phone call from his uncle who was at the scene and drove down my self. The police were at the scene and had requested an ambulance for my son. The guy who phoned me offered to take photos of the scene for the insurance company. Using his phone he started taking snaps of the general layout from a distance, when he was approached by the PC and told not to take anymore, he explained that he was my son’s uncle and that it was for the insurance company but was again told by the PC not to take anymore. I could not see the sense in this so made a quick phone call to get advice and was informed that you can only be stopped in certain circumstances and I couldn’t see where these fitted in to this case. I then asked toe PC under what grounds did he stop the guy taking photos, he then said that the driver of the car that hit my son had asked him to tell him not to take photos of her car. I again asked him under what grounds was he stopping him, he looked a bit stunned and then said it was ok to take them.