what the hell is wrong with people
At the end of the day, all it takes is a legal system that makes the people who stop and help financially responsible for the person they’re helping – that’s sufficient inhibition in a society where most people don’t have much to begin with.
There are undoubtedly people in this country who share a similar attitude, usually on the basis of ‘health and safety’ concerns, or fears about the ‘compensation culture’ – I worked with someone recently whose organisation has decided not to train them in First Aid, in order to avoid being exposed to litigation, despite there being no legal precedent for a First Aider ever having been successfully sued for offering assistance.
Compare it with France, where the law penalises you for not[b] stopping to help, insists that you carry a first aid kit in the car etc…