Public Nuisance Laws

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm intentionally doing something risky, something that 99% of the population isn't also doing and I fall. Well, that is, how do you say? My bad?

What about mountain climbers or deep sea divers? Should we not care about them because 99% of the population doesn't do those things? You can't expect everyone to follow norms because people will try to push the limits of their body and courage. Even if what they do is stupid, they shouldn't get fined for it.

The public nuisance law is kind of like a "prank fine:" if you call 911 as a joke, surely you should have to pay for the wasted resources? It's just a question of whether this guy's actions qualify. If he had jumped off the ledge to deliberately get an emergency response as part of an edgy Jackass-style documentary, surely he should have to pay the prank fine, right?

This is completely different then a prank 911 call. The guy wasn't pretending to get hurt to see if rescuers would come. If he did that, by all means, fine him. But he actually DID get hurt, so he deserves to get treatment without a $10,000 fine.