You do when you think the people standing around are going to kill you. Just Google how many people are beaten to death after a minor traffic accident. My wife and a friend of hers were involved in a minor crash where they were hit by a drunk driver. While waiting for police the drunk got violent and my wife and her friend had to get in the car and lock the doors to keep from being assaulted. The police showed up before things could escalate with my wife but he was charged with assaulting a police officer. If he is going to assault a police officer what would he have done to my wife and her friend (who was another woman BTW).
Believe it or not - some people aren't happy when they get in a crash. I was sitting at a red light with my kids in the car and someone rear ended the pickup next to me. The driver of the pickup got out yelling obscenities at the person who hit him - who we didn't even know had been injured or not. I got out of the car and had to tell the guy it was just metal, plastic and rubber so there was no need to get upset about it. After we sat there waiting for police for a few minutes he walked over and thanked me for calming him down. Imagine if I hadn't been there but 4 or 5 of his 'buddies' had been. The driver of the car could be dead - who happened to be in the car with his wife. She also walked over and thanked me.
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