Well I'll play devil's advocate here too...

These two gentlemen took two elderly women, in a snowstorm with all that means about lowered visibility and the inability of vehicles to stop quickly, and hauled them into traffic. Not took them to a crosswalk or they wouldn't have gotten jaywalking charges. One man was hurt and I'm sorry for that but those older ladies might well have been killed.

I ride the city bus a lot. Not every bus stop is convenient to a safe street crossing. I have seen drivers break the rules to pull the bus up closer to a crossing so their passengers could cross safely in poor weather. I have seen drivers give verbal warning to passengers about being careful crossing when conditions are not great.

To say "forget about being a good samaritan" is just wrong in my opinion. You should always try but not in ways that aren't smart. One of the first things I was taught when I took first responder training years ago and had to learn to crawl into car wrecks and such like was, you do NO good for your victim if you end up hurt and being another victim yourself.