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Originally Posted by rs899
I completely understand. SWMBOs 300D wouldn't start and it died about 4 blocks from the house. I eliminated the simple things and got a friend with a truck and chain to tow me home. Four blocks. As we got close the chain broke and I was trying to push the car around a corner to get it out of traffic. Do you think anyone would help? No. Not that I was expecting much, but I almost got run over. Not the least bit of what would pass for sympathy or safety. Nobody could stand waiting 30 seconds while an old dude pushes a 2 ton antique out of harm's way? The world's a different place from what it was when I was growing up.
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The thing is that I make a point to stop. If I have 5 minutes of wiggle room to where I'm going, I'll stop push a vehicle on to the shoulder, etc. Heck, I'll even help you start your car again and follow you to the nearest repair shop.
I drive mostly back roads (there are plenty of highways around here) and I drive out in the middle of nowhere several times a week. I've stopped and waited on the side of the road for an hour with a 16 year old girl because I didn't feel right leaving her out there all alone.
Your right, the world is much different than it used to be. My father is the one who told me to stop whenever I could and help someone out. But he's also the one who yelled at me after he heard that I stopped on my way to a job interview and pushed a car out of a lane of traffic in my best suit
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Originally Posted by Txjake
keep a flare gun in your trunk. The next time someone runs over your ground flare, bounce one from your gun off their windshield......
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oh man... that is Soooooooo tempting.....