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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by y4mi on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:24AM (#21068221)
You might want to actually read that article daliusd. The bystander effect is just hypothesis and hasn't actually been observed to my knowledge.

In the mentioned Kitty Genovese incident the numbers were inflated and while it isn't mentioned here, there actually were police reports while it was happening.

They were just ignored until it was too late.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by sbmthakur on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:31AM (#21068258)
I think local laws also play some part in this. There have been cases where people who help the victims have been accused of having harmed the victims. If not that, they're hassled by Police and other investigators during the course of the investigation.

This is the reason why Good Samaritan law is being brought into effect across the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by komali2 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:06AM (#21068448)
More culture than law - my personal experience is that sub cultures within rigid legal systems that do not make it a good idea to lend aid (China for example) will do so regardless because of their subculture value system.
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by daliusd on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:35AM (#21068285)
In that case Apple watch shouldn't introduce anything new if bystander effect is just hypothesis.
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