Kudos to NC State Trooper

Bumpyroad wrote:

mhsmith wrote:
He said he would have changed it for us if he had been there sooner.

I thought that most agencies absolutely forbid their personnel from doing that. incur too much liability.
bumpy

No sir, I do it all the time for people who can't do it themselves. For those that can do it themselves I stay with them to make sure no one runs over them in the process.

My agency frowns upon you if you DON"T stop to help and that's the way it should be:)

But it is funny that you say incur some liablility. I was changing a tire for an elderly lady one day on the side of the interstate. She had a blowout which caused a trim piece on the fender to come loose. It had a sharp jagged edge on it and as I was trying to loosen the lugs when the four way slipped and I received a nice 3 inch long deep gash across my right forearm. I quickly wrapped my sweat towel around it and tied it off and finished the job and sent her on her way. I drove myself to the emergency room and told my dispatch what had happened.

13 stitches later and my Captain shows up and says " you are not to change anymore flat tires" I said "Nah sh*t happens" LOL

True story