Would you walk past and ignore?

[Old Cruser]

Has anyone else watched the programme showing tonight on ITV.

Should I intervene?

How many of us would walk passed someone sprawled out on the pavement or in this case on some steps?

Many did in this experiment.

Do we automatically think the person is drunk or on drugs?

Is it safe to intervene?

A couple were arguing and it was getting heated - it took an old man with a stick to tell the man to leave the woman alone before a more able man came to the woman's rescue - others just walked passed.

Where are our 'Knights in Shining Armour' these days.

[Fly]

Probably minding their own business and avoiding a possible kicking or stabbing.

I hear raised voices and arguments all the time when I'm stood on the taxi rank between jobs. I see people laid out all over town. Most of the time I just ignore the lot of them. I'm usually a good judge though, I think I'd know if someone was actually in trouble or needed help. They're probably 1 out of 100 though. (number of the top of my head)

[who can tell]

Some years ago in Sheffield their was a heated argument between a man and women on a night out. No doubt both were drunk the man attacked the women , beating her seamless a young lad in his early twenties tryed to help the women unknown to him the man had a knife . The man stabbed the young lad over twenty times killing him out right. In my line of work alcohol or drugs plays a big part in such like deaths and more often than not its over something stupid that if were sober would be all forgot about in minutes. In a ideal world it would be great to help each other but unfortunately you are putting yourself at risk. Best thing to do is ring the Police they have the training to deal with such situations .