德國巴登符騰堡州17日發生一起惡性摩托車事故，一名目擊者看到后不但不施救，還用手機拍下摩托車駕駛員垂死一幕，此人因此受到警方調查。在德國，“見死不救”可被處一年以下監禁或罰款，即所謂的“見死不救”罪。此外，去年震驚德國的埃森“見死不救”案也在18日宣判。

German police are searching for a cyclist who filmed a dying man after a road accident instead of going to his aid.
德國某地近日發生一起交通事故，一名目擊者發現后不但不施救，還用手機拍下摩托車駕駛員垂死一幕，目前警方正在搜尋此人。

Police say the cyclist could be prosecuted for failing to assist the 29-year-old who had crashed his motorbike into a lamp post. He was later pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Heidenheim near Ulm in southern Germany.
這起事故發生在德國南部烏爾姆附近的海登海姆，一名29歲的摩托車駕駛員撞上燈柱，之后當場死亡。德國警方稱，目擊的騎行者可能會因為沒有施救而遭起訴。

事發前，29歲的摩托車駕駛員多次違章超車。在國道19號的一個路段上，他駕駛的摩托車打滑，先是撞向了護欄，最后又猛烈地撞上了一個路燈，導致身受重傷。

德國的“見死不救”罪

在德國，從今年5月底開始，如果遇到事故、險情或緊急情況，可以施救但拒絕施救者——尤其是在不會給本人來帶危險以及不會與其他重要責任構成沖突時，可處以一年以下監禁或罰款，這就是“見死不救罪”。

The cyclist, who is thought to be in his early 20s, filmed the aftermath of the accident on his mobile phone and continued to do so when an ambulance crew arrived. When medical staff complained that he was hampering their work, he refused to leave or stop filming. He fled just before police arrived.
目擊的騎行者預計年齡在20到25歲，事發后他用手機進行拍攝，而且在救援人員趕到后仍繼續拍攝。當醫護人員抱怨說他妨礙了救援工作后，他拒絕離開，也沒有停止拍攝。警察趕到前他才匆匆離開。

Police said the case served to highlight the problem of “gawpers”, or “gaffers” as they are known in Germany, who slow down or stop their vehicles to film accidents on their phones, often publishing pictures or videos of them on social media.
警方表示，該事件再次凸顯了一些人“見死不救”的問題，這些人在德國也被稱為“圍觀者”，他們路遇事故時，減慢腳步，或者停駛車輛，用手機拍下現場，還經常把照片和視頻發到社交媒體上。

In July, German rescue services said gawpers had impeded their access to victims of a bus crash in Bavaria and speculated that they may have reached them sooner had drivers, who were concentrated on capturing the scene on their mobile phones, not failed to open a corridor to allow their emergency vehicles through. Eighteen people died in the ensuing blaze.
今年7月，德國救援機構稱，見死不救的圍觀人群妨礙了他們救援巴伐利亞州一起公交車事故的死傷者。事發時附近的司機堵在路上用手機拍照，沒有給救護車讓出通行的道路。救護人員推測說，如果不是因為這樣，他們原本可以更早抵達現場。此次事故引發的汽車燃燒導致18人死亡。

The cyclist involved in Sunday night’s incident was caught on a motorist’s dash cam, and police are now trying to track the cyclist down using the footage.
一位司機的行車記錄儀拍下了上周日晚事故中見死不救的騎行者。警方正在根據這段視頻搜尋此人。

埃森“見死不救”案宣判

去年秋天，在埃森市一家銀行，一位83歲的老人在自動取款機前突然昏厥倒地。之后，先后有4人從他身邊經過，但是沒有一個人出手相助。近日，當地法院宣布了對這幾個人的判決處罰。

Police said surveillance camera footage showed four people walking past or over him as he lay on the floor. The fourth person faces separate proceedings.
警方說，監控錄像顯示，老人倒地后，有4人從他身邊經過，甚至從他身上跨了過去。第4人將面臨單獨訴訟。

Only after about 20 minutes did another customer call emergency services. The man was taken to a hospital but died a few days later.
直到大約20分鐘后，第5名顧客才撥打了急救電話。老人在被送到醫院幾天后不治身亡。

The Essen district court handed the defendants, a woman and two men, fines ranging from 2,400 to 3,600 euros.
埃森市地方法院（9月18日）對三名被告（2男1女）分別處以2400至3600歐元不等的罰款。

“見死不救”的心理因素

The German psychologist Wolfgang Krüger said the “gaffer” phenomenon was nothing new, but had been given a new lease of life thanks to smartphones.
德國心理學家沃爾夫岡-科魯格說，見死不救這種現象并不稀奇，但智能手機出現后這一問題更加凸顯。

“Sensation-seeking is the simplest way to bring a bit of excitement into one’s life,” he told the Hamburger Morgenpost. The thrill factor is only heightened when photos or film footage are posted online, he said.
他告訴《漢堡摩根郵報》說：“尋求刺激是給生活帶來興奮感的最簡單方式。當照片和視頻發到網上時，這種刺激因素會加強?！?/p>

英文來源：衛報
翻譯&編審：yaning