Would you stop and help?

Saw a guy in my race today pulled over to the side of the road, water bottles everywhere, no scrapes that I could see. I slowed way down to almost a stop, asked if he needed help, offered to stop and let him use my cell phone (I've had a lot of mechanical issues in races this year) but he waved me on, said he was fine. So on I went.

Not really the same thing though........

I'd like to think that I'd stop. I know I have slowed down in a few races to see if someone was OK. Probably send a volunteer over ASAP. 

I would stop.  I have asked people on my HIM to make sure they were OK, but none of them were crashes that I could tell.  But, that is my normal way of doing life.

Absolutely. My race/time/bike split is worth so much less than someone's LIFE. 

If there were already others stopped though, I would slow and ask if they needed anything. Too many people trying to help often has the opposite effect.

In one of my races earlier this year, I was on the run and saw a guy on his bike on the way back to transition get creamed by an SUV.  I stopped and was completely stunned, but I knew there was nothing I could do for him as I have zero medical training.  There was a police officer right there.  There was nothing I could do and I knew he was not okay, so I ran in the direction of the nearest aid station to let them know that there was an accident and they were almost certainly going to need an ambulance.

In some situations, continuing on and letting someone know is really the better option as I don't know how to handle something like that, medically.  Continuing on to get a PR without regard for the injured racer is absolutely not the right thing, in my mind....but I tend to think letting someone know to call for help is a better option than trying to be a good samaritan.  

is this a joke that is not conveying or would you really only help a woman and not a man?  because, wow.

I would slow down and ask if they need help.  If they are fine and decline the help, I'd keep going.  

I had been on the receiving end of racers stopping to help during races.  Once I fell from the bike with minor scratches and could continue, told people I was ok, and they'd continue their way.  Once I crashed and wasn't sure how bad I was.  Racers who passed by saw my bloody face and stopped to call volunteers/ambulance.  I am glad they did.

A few years back I was doing a HM in Adelaide, South Australia - it was a winter race and it was FREEZING and raining. 

Pretty poor organisation got lost a lot!  Anyway in the forest I come across an aid station with one volunteer and a guy in a very bad way indeed.  She didn't have a phone on her and this guy wanted to go on.  He was weaving all over the place.  The volunteer had no medical training she was just giving out water.  She had no way of contacting any other official!

I had my phone with me so I said I'd take him with me - we walked for half an hour - I had some gel shots, which I gave to him.  After half hour he rallied and took off. 

I saw him at the finish and he thanked me after he threw up in a bucket.

I did my worst time ever.  But i was happy with myself.

Only on this forum do people take others so seriously.  

I generally keep moving and call out "are you ok?" Every time the person has said "yeah" and I've continued on.  Not really sure what I could do if they said "No please help me!" hand off a spare tube...and that's about it...so I guess we're in the same boat.  I don't carry a phone while racing, I don't carry lots of nutrition cause I race short course and live off the course...I'm an engineer not a doctor dammit...