Midnight. Countryside. Car apparently broken down. Lady waves. Do you stop?

blackcard

You are driving your car on a quiet rural road at night. You see a car apparently broken down. A lady, seemingly on her own, waves at you for assistance. Would you stop to help her?
Probably 20 years ago, I would have. Now, I would be asking myself why she didn't contact someone with her mobile phone. Was it a set up? Would you stop to help her?

osarusan

Yes, I'd stop.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Of course I'd stop. And have done so.

Menas

I would stop all right. I would not want to go thru life not helping people for fear of something bad happening to me.

Youngblood.III

No...I already have a body in the boot.

howamidifferent

Not on your nelly. I'd ring the guardai and tell them I passed a stranded motorist though...

EazyD

In this day and age it is highly unlikely that someone is stranded with no means of contact. Having said that the least someone could and should do is contact the Gardai to assist the person.

blackcard

EazyD wrote: »

In this day and age it is highly unlikely that someone is stranded with no means of contact. Having said that the least someone could and should do is contact the Gardai to assist the person.

Battery dead, no credit? Maybe we should have a poll to see how many people would stop.

VinLieger

Menas wrote: »

I would stop all right. I would not want to go thru life not helping people for fear of something bad happening to me.

Your incredibly naive
Ive lost count of the news reports and anecdotes where someone has stepped in to stop a fight on a night out and been seriously injured as a result by one or both parties.

Wacker The Attacker

No.


They want equality which means they should be able to change the wheel on a car and other such macho manly tasks.

fran17

blackcard wrote: »

You are driving your car on a quiet rural road at night. You see a car apparently broken down. A lady, seemingly on her own, waves at you for assistance. Would you stop to help her?
Probably 20 years ago, I would have. Now, I would be asking myself why she didn't contact someone with her mobile phone. Was it a set up? Would you stop to help her?

You forgot the most important part of the story,the lady's physical description...But if it was a lady then yes I would stop.

blindside88

Yes if stop. I often pick up hitch hikers as well. You always here thermal story's of these "set ups" with a stranded woman or a baby's eat on the side of the road but I've never heard of anyone that it had actually happened to. Seems to be more or an urban legend. It's like Daire O'Briens joke about a swan can break your arm

Menas

VinLieger wrote: »

Your incredibly naive
Ive lost count of the news reports and anecdotes where someone has stepped in to stop a fight on a night out and been seriously injured as a result by one or both parties.

But this is not stepping in to break up a fight.
This is stopping to help someone stuck at the side of the road.
What is the worst that could happen - they rob my car that is insured? My wallet that never has more than 100 in it? My cheap phone?
I would be happy enough to risk it and stop to help someone TBH.

checkyabadself

If you don't have a wife girlfriend sister or daughter you still had to have had a mother so pull over and help a person in need. Even to let them use your phone to call someone with a pair of balls if you don't happen to have any.
I must have changed 20 flat tires for stranded ladies and I never even thought about driving past.

What the fcuk is the world coming to?

Yamanoto

blindside88 wrote: »

You always here thermal story's of these "set ups" with a stranded woman or a baby's eat on the side of the road

Would you believe, I've never actually heard that one before.

I am in the stop every time group too.

A user above says you always hear about setups and the like. Perhaps more accurate is you ONLY hear those stories. The news and papers rarely make a story out of "Person stops to help another person - all goes well - both parties now happy with the encounter" and it fuels a social paranoia. For every such story the media do make sure you hear however - one wonders how many perfectly fine encounters there was. 10? 100? 1000?

Ruu

What if her partner is hiding nearby and waiting to jump me???

Of course I'd stop!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

VinLieger wrote: »

Your incredibly naive
Ive lost count of the news reports and anecdotes where someone has stepped in to stop a fight on a night out and been seriously injured as a result by one or both parties.

Firstly, this is not about stopping a fight and secondly you don't hear about the many people who assist others without incident.

Sunnyisland

Of course I would stop, would stop if it was a man in similar circumstances to, and have done so and still alive here to write about :-)

kylith

I'd either make sure all my doors were locked before rolling down my window, or I'd keep driving and call the Gardaí to report a stranded motorist.

I actually do know someone who had a stranger get into their car while stopped at a light (thankfully they were a bit drunk and looking for a taxi home), and my aunt had someone open her passenger door and rob her handbag from the passenger seat while she was stopped at a light.

I'd say men would be more likely to stop than women; barring murder being robbed is the worst that's likely to happen to a man.

looksee

Pulling trailer on busy-ish country road, mid morning, trailer gets a flat. Pull in to side of road, can't abandon trailer, too much stuff in it. So, car stopped, aul wan looking sadly at trailer wheel...time was I would have changed it no problem, not now. Cars go by, loads of them. Fortunately friend following some way back, pulls up behind me. Female, petite, cute. Between us - I have the know-how and the tools, she has the energy but never changed a wheel - we change the wheel. Maybe 50 cars pass, no one even hesitates. We are delighted with ourselves!

blackcard

checkyabadself wrote: »

If you don't have a wife girlfriend sister or daughter you still had to have had a mother so pull over and help a person in need. Even to let them use your phone to call someone with a pair of balls if you don't happen to have any.
I must have changed 20 flat tires for stranded ladies and I never even thought about driving past.

What the fcuk is the world coming to?

I would stop if it was a female, young or old. If it was an able bodied man in his twenties, probably not.

Dorethy

Remember the bad snow we had a few years ago? Awful weather, I had my Dad, sister and dog in the car and paused by a car pulled in with the hazards on. Ok, the (lady) driver hadn't asked for help but I paused just in case and lowered the window to see if all was ok. The woman was freaked out and waved me on! (we're not that scary!).

On the other hand, got flagged down by two men standing by a pulled in car once on a dark country road, went past them, then regretted it and reversed back. They told me their engine went on fire and said they'd pay me to drive them to where they were meant to be, (somewhere miles away).

I regretted reversing as soon as they approached to be honest and got a little scared, (didn't even have the dog that night) but it seems they were genuine and I gave then a number for a local taxi.

I got a talking to from the OH though when I told my sceal... (sorry if I went off the point).

The Backwards Man

Aye I'd probably stop, but I wouldn't berate anyone for not stopping. Gone are the days where you can take every situation at face value.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

blackcard wrote: »

I would stop if it was a female, young or old. If it was an able bodied man in his twenties, probably not.

I stopped for an able bodied man in his twenties. He had no wheel brace to change his wheel, and he was dressed in a flashy suit so he didn't even want to get himself dirty. Ended up having to do the whole lot for him.

Whilst I was doing it we were talking about work. I told him I was an electrician, he worked in finance. He told me what I did was labour, what he did was work!

"Is that right?" I asked him. I'd been going to pick up his jack and the mat I'd thrown beneath my knees, and put them back for him but I changed my mind.

"There ya go, safe journey now" I said and jumped back into my car and off away with me. Only when I got a bit away I realised the posh twat still had my wheel brace :rolleyes:

Samaris

Being the sort of dimwit that leaves her phone around everywhere and/or lets it run out of charge, I can quite see myself in that person's position. However, if I was alone, it was night, and there was even the slightest warning bell in my mind, I would probably call the Gardai and report a stranded motorist rather than stop. I -would- also be more like to stop for a woman or a couple rather than two men unless my partner was with me. Unfair or not as it is.

Mesrine65

The way I look, if I pulled over on my motorbike to assist anyone, they'd probably have heart failure :eek:

DeadHand

I'd stop every time.

I'd rather run the miniscule risk of something bad happening to me than to live like a self-centred coward.

If this makes me a fool- fine. But note I have survived this long operating with the same attitude.

RDM_83 again

Samaris wrote: »

Being the sort of dimwit that leaves her phone around everywhere and/or lets it run out of charge, I can quite see myself in that person's position. However, if I was alone, it was night, and there was even the slightest warning bell in my mind, I would probably call the Gardai and report a stranded motorist rather than stop. I -would- also be more like to stop for a woman or a couple rather than two men unless my partner was with me. Unfair or not as it is.

Couples are in on scams because of exactly this reason of being considered "safer", had couple and child weirdly scoping out our site yesterday (urban context though)

EazyD

I think the more pressing question is why in the name of jaysus do people not know how to change a wheel yet can hold a license for years if not decades. It's really not difficult.

Son Of A Vidic

I'd stop regardless of whether it was a man or a woman flagging me down.

Tigger

i've stopped for loads of people it wouldn't occur to me to be afraid
i stopped for a Traveller man recently and he told me he'd been waving at traffic for an hour (on the n5 near castlebar so a busy road) he had no credit and was out of diesel and all he wanted was for me to ring someone for him
i drove him to the nearest petrol station for a bit of company and that was that

i also pick up hitch hikers and generally be nice to people on the roads and i would hope that the same would happen to me. as someone else said how many stories do we never hear about people helping each other with no bad ending

as for stepping in to stop a fight there is a difference between a mugging or beating and a straightener i'd stop a attack but if its just drunk lads fighting i'd leave them too it

Samaris

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Couples are in on scams because of exactly this reason of being considered "safer", had couple and child weirdly scoping out our site yesterday (urban context though)

Yup, I'm aware of it, which makes my reaction rather silly. It's a gut thing though on that. Tbh, if I was getting any warning feelings at all, I wouldn't stop.

VinLieger

During the day id stop no question, at night not a chance, call gardai and keep on moving

puppieperson

AS a woman i would stop for another woman and since i always have my dog in the car it would be ok would also stop for an elderly person too, but not a young man or a boy racer i love to see them broken down or in a hedge........ silly cnuts

DeadHand

puppieperson wrote: »

young man or a boy racer i love to see them broken down or in a hedge........ silly cnuts

Yeah, young men are uniformly horrible, undeserving of human decency and deserve hardship, injury and possible death while civilised people whizz past chortling merrily.


I think I know who's the real Cnut here.

DareGod

I would definitely stop, but I would also be pretty nervous about it. I'd rather risk it though, than risk leaving a woman left stranded in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.

I would be very very hesitant about stopping but the thought of driving past a person in difficulty like that doesn't sit well with me. So I would ring the guards. Maybe pull in a few feet away, shout "I've rang the guards"! Then drive off.

puppieperson

puppieperson wrote: »

AS a woman i would stop for another woman and since i always have my dog in the car it would be ok would also stop for an elderly person too, but not a young man or a boy racer i love to see them broken down or in a hedge........ silly cnuts

How do you know they're boy racers if they're broken down?

puppieperson

puppieperson wrote: »

AS a woman i would stop for another woman and since i always have my dog in the car it would be ok would also stop for an elderly person too, but not a young man or a boy racer i love to see them broken down or in a hedge........ silly cnuts

Ah no. Poor young men and boy racers. Sure they would need assistance to if they were in bother. I always feel for those broken down. I've been there myself standing at the side of the road waiting for the tow truck to come.

corner of hells

I dress up as a woman on the weekend , in fact on the weekend you can call me Mandy.

I've been trying for years to get motorists to stop for me , no one has ever stopped . Maybe its my beard or the tattoos on my legs .

Anyhow I'll be out next weekend as usual.

Agricola

In the day, no problem. Would probably think twice about it at night. Might try rolling down the passenger window a smige and asking them how I can assist them. If they want me to call a number or something, I might do that. If i get a vibe or am unsure, I will flea like a startled gazelle on the African Savannah.

Joeseph Balls

Of course I would. I seen the exact same thing on pornhub

Fox_In_Socks

corner of hells wrote: »

I dress up as a woman on the weekend , in fact on the weekend you can call me Mandy.

I've been trying for years to get motorists to stop for me , no one has ever stopped . Maybe its my beard or the tattoos on my legs .

Anyhow I'll be out next weekend as usual.

Get rid of the hammer and you'll be backing up traffic, faith

Ken.

I'd give a lift to anyone. Last year we were in Clare for a few days. On the day we we were coming home we took a scenic route. There was a guy hitching. He was walking from Doolin to Galway. We were meant to take a turn off 5 miles down the road but a quick fiddle with the sat nav and found another turn off 20 miles further on and dropped him off there.

I've also stopped to help a few people with punctures/flats.

crockholm

Would stop for a man before I would stop for a woman,because if I were stranded along a road it would be a long while before a woman would bother her arse to help.

Secondly,it may be presumptuous,but you know if a fellah is stranded-the car is genuinely fooked whereas with women it could be something as simple as changing a tyre,and if you cant be bothered to learn how to change a tyre,you can stay put,and hopefully learn your lesson.

I can stop and have stopped.

If I ever pick up a hiker I text my wife. It sounds a bit stupid, but it fixes a time on the off chance that they make some accusation afterwards!

DeadHand

crockholm wrote: »

Would stop for a man before I would stop for a woman,because if I were stranded along a road it would be a long while before a woman would bother her arse to help

Well, the women of AH certainly seem uninterested in helping distressed male travellers.

One even expressed delight in seeing them. Managed to go a step further and cheerily announce pleasure in seeing them suffer accidents.

Smidge

Had a friend who was two weeks away from her due date, very heavily pregnant and her car broke down.

She pulled off to the side of the road which had cars passing regularly. Bonnet was up etc.

Not a single person stopped for her.
She had to wait for two hours until her sister could get off work to pick her up.

Broad daylight too.
Sad really when you think about it.

TomBtheGoat

blackcard wrote: »

You are driving your car on a quiet rural road at night. You see a car apparently broken down. A lady, seemingly on her own, waves at you for assistance. Would you stop to help her?

It depends on what she's waving. If she's waving a baseball bat then I'll keep on going. But if she's waving her knickers, I'll be out of the car before it even stops.

boobar

I recall hitching many years ago. I was just outside a town and the next town on the road was my homeplace, it was about 15 miles down the road.

Well, this woman drove by slowly and pulled in, she had a flat tyre and didn't appear to have any idea how to change the tyre. So I offered to change the tyre, and she readily accepted.

When the job was done I asked any chance of a lift. Sorry, she says I don't pick up hitchhikers.

To say I was sickened was an understatement.