Other vehicles are driving behind you. Are you allowed to move away, carefully passing the lying person in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a forest road, and a person is lying motionless at the right edge of the roadway. The fact that other vehicles are driving behind you does not give you the right to go around him and drive away - you are obliged to stop and give help. The answer is: no.
The duty to help a person in a state of sudden threat to health comes from the State Emergency Medical Services Act, and the Criminal Code punishes failing to give this help when it was possible without putting yourself at risk. Counting on someone else to stop is the most common reason why injured people are left without help. You stop in a safe place, switch on your hazard warning lights to warn the drivers behind you, and check the condition of the person lying there.
Legal basis: Art. 4 of the State Emergency Medical Services Act; Art. 162 of the Criminal Code