Would you stop?

marketty

I just met a guy walking on a bad back road in this weather getting absolutely lashed out of it wading through puddles and trying to stay in on the ditch. He was carrying a Jerry can and had a girl about 7 yrs old with him. Seemed obvious (to me anyway) he was out of fuel and in bother. I pulled in straight away to help him out and couldn't believe when he said he'd been walking for about fifteen minutes from the garage (plus his initial walk from the car) and I was the first to stop and see if they were ok. There was a good volume of traffic on this road so they were definitely seen by a lot of people, you couldn't miss the red jerry can and little pink umbrella...
So, what the hell is wrong with people? Would you stop? And if not, why not?
I also think its gas that in the town I'd just left traffic was mental because of all the cars at the school picking up kids who live 5 minutes walk away but parents wouldn't want them out in the rain, wonder are these the same people who'd drive by?

Zubeneschamali

I stopped on the M6 one morning to pick up two young lads whose Micra had run out of juice, they'd walked about 2 miles without anyone stopping for them.

BlackBlade

I would for sure!
you would be very surprised how invisable you can be when broke down people choose not to see you!
Im a biker so will always stop if a bike is stopped to check!

Mena

marketty wrote: »

Would you stop?

In this instance yes, but if the guy was alone probably not.

marketty wrote: »

I also think its gas that in the town I'd just left traffic was mental because of all the cars at the school picking up kids who live 5 minutes walk away but parents wouldn't want them out in the rain, wonder are these the same people who'd drive by?

How do you know they live 5 minutes away? I drop my daughter off at school often, when the creche don't do it. We live 35 minutes away from the school on a good day.

turbodiesel

Mena wrote: »

In this instance yes, but if the guy was alone probably not.



How do you know they live 5 minutes away? I drop my daughter off at school often, when the creche don't do it. We live 35 minutes away from the school on a good day.

I stopped on my way home from Rathmines towards D.16 last night in the torrent that was pouring down, (I'm a taxi driver) for a young lad at an unsheltered bus stop. Turned out he was going to Knocklyon. I didn't charge him as it was on my way home. I stopped, he didn't flag me down.

You're always taking a chance as he was by geting into my car aswell. I wouldn't recommend a female to stop unless it was for another female. Suppose al partiesare taking a chance but more or less most people are good people and re willing to help each other out.

marketty

Mena wrote: »

In this instance yes, but if the guy was alone probably not.

That's fair enough I can see why people would be nervous to pick up a guy on their own, especially if they are female

Mena wrote: »

How do you know they live 5 minutes away? I drop my daughter off at school often, when the creche don't do it. We live 35 minutes away from the school on a good day.

Well its a small enough town so if most of the kids there are from the town they don't live very far away, obviously some come from outside the town. The school is at the entrance to my estate, it is a complete logjam when the weather is bad, not near as bad in the summer. In fairness my point about the school traffic wasn't really relevant anyway so apologies

biko

I would stop, hopefully karma will get someone else to stop for me one day.

_Conrad_

I have a good sense of what looks dodgy and what doesn't, so unless it looks proper dodgy I'll try to help if i can. I've stopped for lots of people, since i can do it, I may as well, I've towed people, got them out of snow, jump started cars, attempted to (and often succeeded) help fix cars, changed tyres etc. More people should do it, well if you're in a position to do it and feel comfortable that you have a good grasp on whether the situation is genuine or not.

RedXIV

Don't know if I'd stop for much in urban areas but seeing a 7yr old in the rain would probably prompt me to