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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibmdinosaur" data-source="post: 28026901" data-attributes="member: 580528">Yes that is China. One of the main reasons nobody is coming to help is they are scared they will be accused of causing the accident/damage and will have to fund all the money the patient needs with there medication.This is one of the famous cases that acts as an example : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Shoulan_v._Peng_Yu" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Shoulan_v._Peng_Yu</a>Edit: Here's another article if anybody is interested in reading about it. - <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/why-drivers-in-china-intentionally-kill-the-pedestrians-they-hit-chinas-laws-have-encouraged-the-hit-to-kill-phenomenon.html" target="_blank">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/why-drivers-in-china-intentionally-kill-the-pedestrians-they-hit-chinas-laws-have-encouraged-the-hit-to-kill-phenomenon.html</a>It gives many examples of the suspect making sure the person who got into accident is dead so that he/she (the suspect) doesn't have to pay for the medication of the injured person."In China the compensation for killing a victim in a traffic accident is relatively small—amounts typically range from $30,000 to $50,000—and once payment is made, the matter is over. By contrast, paying for lifetime care for a disabled survivor can run into the millions."</blockquote>

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