Recently I saw a pretty large 5er, stopped on side of road. An obviously older man "semi under" it trying to free the spare, which was in, one of those hard to get to "under racks" (another subject!)to replace the "only flat on the bottom" right rear tire of 5er. There was an older lady there, kinda watching, giving advice etc. They were off the road good and not in real danger of being hit etc. I did stop and when she got "wide eyed" and "backing up" saying "we've already called someone" Knew it was OK and went about convincing them I was only there to help. I changed their tire and we all went about our day. They were warm and grateful I was warm and fuzzy
Even here in the South, hospitality takes a back seat to caution. we all hear of the situations that went bad
If I know someone broke down ,... even if I don't really like them I will stop and help, I have had funny looks and been turned away?!?
Unless wife or Daughter or both are in truck, I will sometimes stop to help strangers. I'm pretty good at assessing situations fast and reacting, .... But I don't want that to be my epitaf! I remember back in the 60's in the truck / TT with my parents If you saw a real GOOD SAM sticker "It meant something?!?!? Now days I am leary of those in the CAMP GROUND with us. Its Sad, but there is no way of knowing just who or what your dealing with?!? More sad to have to teach your children / grandkids that there are restrictions and cautions to when and how to help others.
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today's society has us on our guard. It is almost like shooting first and ask questions later. I applaud you for stopping and helping an elderly couple. I am in that category now and I know I would be cautious but appreciate any help I can get.
If they are out in the middle of nowhere, and/or they appear to be at least as old as we are, we stop.
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If I see a person in need on the side of the road with an obvious breakdown situation, I will stop about 98% of the time.
If it is an RV, thats close to 100%. Very little will prevent me from stopping.
I cannot count how many dozens of times I have stopped to help out a person in need.
Latest one was an old man with the hood up on his old pickup. He could hardy walk. I saw him struggling as I drove by. I hit the brakes, backed up to his truck, flipped a U turn and tried to boost his dead battery. No go so I offered him a ride home.
Poor old guy, he was stuck for 1.5 hours and I was the first to stop.
I took him home, not too far out of my way and made sure he got inside safely before I left.
I almost had to arm wrestle him to not take the cash he tried hard to put in my hand. I told him NO way will I accept anything as payment to do something that we all should do as being a human being.
If I get robbed, shot or stabbed for helping a fellow human being, well, then so be it.
I will stop to help.
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it all depends...if we are in the middle of nowhere or perhaps far from any stores that might have a phone...if it is day or night, or the vibe I get from the area. It would also depend on what the people looked like and the gut feeling I got from looking at their vehicle/rig.
If we are talking middle of the day, heavily traveled area then probably not. The fact is, I expect people to think ahead and had a roadside service that will come out and change a tire and do it safely with all the flashing lights and minimizing the risk of danger to all individuals involved. If somebody doesn't want to subscribe to such a service then that is their problem and I am not going to put myself in harms way on a busy road to help them.
My family depends on me bringing home money and if I get hurt or killed helping somebody else then I am not able to do that.
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texas_train wrote: Recently I saw a pretty large 5er, stopped on side of road. An obviously older man "semi under" it trying to free the spare, which was in, one of those hard to get to "under racks" (another subject!)to replace the "only flat on the bottom" right rear tire of 5er. There was an older lady there, kinda watching, giving advice etc. They were off the road good and not in real danger of being hit etc. I did stop and when she got "wide eyed" and "backing up" saying "we've already called someone" Knew it was OK and went about convincing them I was only there to help. I changed their tire and we all went about our day. They were warm and grateful I was warm and fuzzy
Even here in the South, hospitality takes a back seat to caution. we all hear of the situations that went bad
If I know someone broke down ,... even if I don't really like them I will stop and help, I have had funny looks and been turned away?!?
Unless wife or Daughter or both are in truck, I will sometimes stop to help strangers. I'm pretty good at assessing situations fast and reacting, .... But I don't want that to be my epitaf! I remember back in the 60's in the truck / TT with my parents If you saw a real GOOD SAM sticker "It meant something?!?!? Now days I am leary of those in the CAMP GROUND with us. Its Sad, but there is no way of knowing just who or what your dealing with?!? More sad to have to teach your children / grandkids that there are restrictions and cautions to when and how to help others.
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Compliments to you!.
Here's a "different take" on helping someone you *DO* know:
You did the right thing. It can be awkward that initial meeting when you do stop and say 'can I help?' but in the end you did the right thing.
we stop if the situation seems safe. being in the South people do help people all the time. we haven't gotten to the 'ignore' stage yet in my location.
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