ETHICS OF EMERGENCY
Under the impetus of dire and immediate need (and clearly extenuating circumstances), ye old scribe has no doubt whatsoever about how this situation should be resolved*. Where do you stand?
*In an instance of active, severe and ongoing civil emergency and devastation, with the official channels and elements of public safety overwhelmed, unavailable or circumstantially unable to respond, the documented commandeering of the vehicle by a citizen to preserve and protect life and safety in the face of immediate peril, in extremis, is the trump card.
As he was acting in the highest interest of the commonweal and, for all intents and purposes (and without the seeking of compensation) in lieu of official agents, any legitimate recompense for damage or loss to the vehicle above and beyond that covered by insurance should be paid out of public funding.
