Do you help stranded cars?

stinkynuts

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I was traveling on a road t around midnight. Weather was extremely bad, and roads were snowy and very slushy and slippery.

I was the lead vehicle of a chain of cars and saw a car with its hazards on, which had veered into a ditch on the right side of the road. I slowed down, put my hazards on, and stopped. I got out of the car and approached the woman, who said that she had already called for help and thanked me.

I stopped because I thought that the person could have been in an emergency situation. Maybe they had no cell phone, or didn't have CAA, or didn't know the location of their vehicle. Maybe they had an emergency medical condition and were in serious trouble.

I was relieved that she was OK, but wondered if this was normal behaviour. I don't think many people do that. Has anyone done this?

I would never do this on a busy highway during the day, but this was a very lonely road, and I don't think anybody would have stopped.
 
My car broke down on the Alaska Hwy, three and a half hours northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon, on the way to Tok, Alaska.

No cell phone reception, no 911, no tow trucks, and very little traffic.

I pulled off to the side of road, put the hood up and waited ...

omg it's a miracle! A car coming after a short time of waiting! I step onto the road, waving my arms, signalling for them to stop ... ... ... and they drove right on by!!!!

I couldn't believe it!

Thankfully, more help eventually came along.

One couple asked me if I'd seen the pair of grizzlies grazing beside the highway, just a kilometer up the road. (No, I didn't know they were there, or it would have been even more stressful!)

I stop and help people who are broken down whenever it's safe to do so.
 
the good samaritan act

I was traveling on a road t around midnight. Weather was extremely bad, and roads were snowy and very slushy and slippery.

I was the lead vehicle of a chain of cars and saw a car with its hazards on, which had veered into a ditch on the right side of the road. I slowed down, put my hazards on, and stopped. I got out of the car and approached the woman, who said that she had already called for help and thanked me.

I stopped because I thought that the person could have been in an emergency situation. Maybe they had no cell phone, or didn't have CAA, or didn't know the location of their vehicle. Maybe they had an emergency medical condition and were in serious trouble.

I was relieved that she was OK, but wondered if this was normal behaviour. I don't think many people do that. Has anyone done this?

I would never do this on a busy highway during the day, but this was a very lonely road, and I don't think anybody would have stopped.


will protect you in cases if you help

please be a good neighbour and help your fellow man
 
I have stopped a few times in the past to help people in similar situations.
These occurrences happened a number of years ago when not "everyone" had a cell phone. I've had a car or cell phone since 1988.
I have to admit, in this day and age, when almost everyone has a cell and there are more and more malicious schemers (car jackers, etc.) out there, I'd have to think twice.
A quick evaluation of the situation and a quick decision.

Kudos to the op for putting his stinky nuts on the line to help a stranger.