First experience .. Vic law regarding passing emergency vehicle

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Originally Posted by EBSXR6

The Porsche driver at the centre of the Eastern Freeway tragedy was once a nurse who could have provided first aid instead of filming a dying policewoman, a court has heard.

Police revealed Richard Pusey’s criminal past and disregard for the law as they vehemently opposed him being granted bail in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Detective Senior Constable Aaron Price said the mortgage broker was a danger to the public given his reckless driving history and priors for abusive and threatening *behaviour.

He also dismissed claims by Mr Pusey’s barrister Vincent Peters that his client was in shock and did not help Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor because a doctor had arrived on scene.

Det Price said a shocked person would not instantly think to grab a phone to film a video, zooming in on the dying policewoman, where he “narrates it in a calm and *derogatory matter”.

Det Price said Mr Pusey should have performed CPR or “comfort someone who is dying”.

“You have to be trained to do CPR, don’t you?” Mr Peters asked.

Det Price replied: “(Mr Pusey) was a registered nurse, so he has experience in first aid.”

I use to have my senior first aid certificate but let it lapse but still do annually my LV rescue and basic life support. In NSW at least you are not obliged to perform first aid. The injured party may be not a nationality you want to perform mouth to mouth on, they may have vomit or other bodily fluids around/in their mouth, they may have a large chest wound. Any of these things may make someone unwilling to assist however calling emergency services can be seen as assisting the injured party.
Also you don’t have to be trained to perform CPR or any first aid. Our instructor always says any form of first aid is better than none. Same if you drag someone out of a car that might catch fire and that person ends up a quadriplegic from your actions. You cannot be prosecuted or sued.
What this person is guilty of is being a flog. A lot of the other stuff He has been picked up for happens every day, speeding, drug possession/under influence of etc But it is because the truck driver did what he is alleged to have done that the Porsche driver is getting all this attention. Being distasteful isn’t a crime.