Dingus Milktoast wrote:If you take risks you bear the responsibilities eh? So you agree ALL rescues should be billed, then?
DMT
No, I said something quite different. Read the post where I talk about responsbility for the rescue. A tougher question.
With respect to the responsibility for rescues, there are countervailing considerations: governmental hindsight analsyis, and the chilling effect that might cause people not to call for help. So I think that a mere negligence standard doesn't work. As I said, I think a higher standard (recklessness/gross negligence) is a better balance.