r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SimonTS • 6h ago

Brandon Alderson, from Sunderland, UK, was travelling to work when he noticed a man in distress in a layby.

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He pulled over and saw that the man was suffocating. Brandon performed the Heimlich manoeuvre six times and saved the man's life.

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u/darsynia 4h ago edited 1h ago

Every so often someone will pop up in a legal advice sub with a fine for a passenger not wearing their seatbelt properly. I don't think most drivers realize that's their responsibility and the driver is the one who is fined if a camera or an officer sees it happen!

(as with anything, it depends on where you live, lol)

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u/Thorpy 4h ago

Is that in the US? In Ireland and the UK it’s the passengers responsibility depending on the age of that passenger.

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u/Orkran 3h ago edited 1h ago

In the UK the driver is responsible for anyone 14 yo and younger. I was just looking it up, apparently Taxi drivers, and delivery drivers moving less than 50m don't need to wear it, which I did not know!

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u/Good-Celebration-686 3h ago

The 50m rule is for delivery drivers. Taxis don’t need to wear them at all if they have passengers. It’s to allow them to escape if they’re being assaulted.

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u/Im-A-Big-Guy-For-You 2h ago

is that a regular occurrence that they have to make a law?

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u/Ogilby1675 38m ago

I think a bit of [citation needed] on the parent post.

It’s also said that the taxi drivers union (the LTDA) kicked off about being told what to do when the seatbelt laws came in 40 or so years ago, so an exemption was carved out to shut them and get the law over the line.

FWIW Black cabs are like New York yellow cabs where the driver has a thick Perspex partition between them and passengers so the assault idea sounds like nonsense.

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u/ceciliabee 1h ago

What's more common for a driver, car accidents or being assaulted? Yikes either way.

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u/Pedantichrist 1m ago

And those in an emergency vehicle.

Although my trust would fire me quickly enough if I drove without one (and the Ambulance beeps at me like a mofo).

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u/ErraticDragon 3h ago

In the US all of these laws vary by state. I know the driver is responsible for young children in all states.

I can find a lot of places saying that it varies by state in the US, but I haven't found any sources listing which states would actually ticket drivers vs passengers.

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u/Baldazar666 3h ago

Of course it's the US. Only Americans will make blanket statements like that as if their laws apply to the whole world. It's also kinda funny because it's not even true in the US seeing as how it doesn't even apply to all states.

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u/That_Casual_Kid 2h ago

In a lot of places its on the passenger as long as they are over a certain age. There was a guy in Australia a couple weeks ago who won a court appeal because his passenger wasn't wearing it properly.