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I was just wondering if this is safe to do. It seems like I'm always passing someone who looks to be stranded on the side of the road, and I always think about stopping but eventually I get a little scared and don't do it. I suppose it's just a social stigma built up in my brain to not stop....inforoo, what would you do?
Post by lordrockinhood on Nov 11, 2008 11:59:21 GMT -5
For me, in this area, it really depends... I've trusted my instincts and stopped a few times before, but I've ALSO trusted my instincts and NOT stopped a lot more often... ... though I always hope someone behind me did, if the person really did need help...
One thing's for sure, when it was ME who needed the help, SO thankful to those who gave it to me...
...and... to the really nice Asian man who helped my best friend change her tire after an awful blowout on the interstate really far from home that one day...
Eternally grateful sir... I have never met you, but I will never forget you and what you did to help get her on her way home again safely
Post by StreetBum87 on Nov 11, 2008 12:11:53 GMT -5
i have stopped many a time to see what the problem was...there are the few times i get out and its someone my age or just ur average clothed man and i see its just a tire or out of gass and ill take off, they can do that on their own.........many a time (girls/women with/without children, a well dressed/suit wearing man and/or the man with kids) i have changed a tire... it all depends on the situation...but where im from u dont really have to worry about stoping to help someone and getting jumped.......... and think of the karma
If they're on the phone, already doing work on the car, if I've passed a tow truck before seeing disabled driver... I'll assume the situation is under control and move on guilt-free. If it's a particularly busy road like an Interstate, safety concerns keep me going. They're busy enough that I figure a patrol will either be informed of the situation or discover it soon enough.
Sometimes you just don't want to be there when cops arrive. I once bailed on someone I'd stopped for because I didn't want to be out past curfew (and that guy was totally getting a DUI...)
Then there's daytime vs. nighttime - obviously, daytime stopping is preferable - and weather concerns.
I'm up in Wisconsin, and since there seems to be a lot Southerners here I'm assuming there's a sizable contingent here who doesn't fully grasp the severity of winter up here. I assume a lot of you here go all winter without seeing below-zero temperatures. Not I. We had, I think, 108 inches of snow here last winter; the highlight of which was a 20-some inch storm the first week of February (one of only three instances in the past decade UW's chancellor canceled classes.) Snow and ice on the ground are a fact of life here four months out of the year - with all the slip-sliding, skidding, getting stuck etc that it entails. My friend who moved to North Carolina last year was back for a visit recently; she told me pretty much everything there shut down because of a measly half-inch of snow. That's quite the gap in cancellation threshholds, as I see it. With winters like we have up here, it's pretty much a communal effort. We all know our asses are going to get stuck in one of those situations at some point during the winter. When it gets exceptionally bad, sometimes you need a posse of 3-4 people just to get your car out of your parking spot and onto the street.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems the crappier the weather is, the more likely you are to have someone stop. Perhaps there's some increased guilt factor associated with that.
Coming from the perspective of a female, if a guy pulled up behind my disabled vehicle and got out, even if he was going to help, I would call the cops. You just don't come up on a stranded woman like that.
No offense guys, I know you all mean well, but who's to say that everybody else out there does?
Coming from the perspective of a female, if a guy pulled up behind my disabled vehicle and got out, even if he was going to help, I would call the cops. You just don't come up on a stranded woman like that.
No offense guys, I know you all mean well, but who's to say that everybody else out there does?
word...u gotta be carefull....there are alot of crazies out there......BUT if u ever see a bonnaroo/inforoo shirt...your in the clear
Post by elusiveboz on Nov 13, 2008 11:53:37 GMT -5
i have stopped to help female and elderly folks if they look shady i will not stop i stopped and gave a ride to a young female that was standing on bypass late one cold (20 degrees) feb night waering only thin jeans and short sleaved shirt...turned out to be juv rape victim so it was a good thing i stopped to help her out...
This word also has a underground meaning once you break it down. Let’s take “Bonn” for example and it actually turns into the word “Bone”. We all know gays use this word to describe the action of when they are fecal fisting their Cuban cabana boy at their sex bath house parties. Now let’s look at Roo, “Roo” is short for “Kangaroo”.So put the full true message together and you get“Bone a Kangaroo
I usually stop but but like kkdog, if they have a phone, I'll pass by. If they are out working on the car, I'll usually stop and ask if they need help unless they seem to have it well under control or are almost finished (ie changing a tire.). I guess my stopping comes from the empathy of driving lousy vehicles and hitch-hiking a lot in my youth.
Now if it's a woman and she does not wave or look happy to see me when I stop, I'll generally keep my distance and yell "Are you okay?"
Unless she waves me over, I'll give a thumbs up and move on. If I don't see a phone I'll call the police to let them know to stop by and check.
;D
... though I always hope someone behind me did, if the person really did need help...
