Originally Posted by dulciusexasperis

Are you really that simple minded or just being deliberately obtuse? The point is YOU don't know if a given evacuation is life or death or not.

The law you are breaking depending on which country you are in is a law such as 'criminal negligence' or 'reckless endangerment'. When you are on a plane, the Captain's word is law according to International Law. That means that if you disobey his command to evacuate in any way, you can then be charged under the local laws that would cover such an act.

When the Captain tells you to evacuate (through flight crew as well), that also means without stopping to get things out of an overhead. It is not a request, it is not voluntary, it is a command that has legal weight and as such also has legal penalties for non-compliance.