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Posted: 4/9/2016 1:33:39 PM EDT

to change his tire but obviously didn't weigh enough to break the lugs free?

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:34:26 PM EDT

[#1]

Of course I would render assistance.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:34:53 PM EDT

[#2]

Sure
Why not

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:35:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Is she fat?

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:37:20 PM EDT

[#4]

I would probably stop and help anyone regardless of what country they're from.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:39:05 PM EDT

[#5]

Nope. Im not roadside assistance.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:44:46 PM EDT

[#6]

Of course, I keep a 5' cheater bar in my truck if I have to change mine.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:46:41 PM EDT

[#7]

I've stopped and helped people change tires before, pulled them out of ditches, you name it.

I was just raised that way.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:47:23 PM EDT

[#8]

I have before. I may in the future. Not always. YMMV. Do not taunt HappyFunBall.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:48:17 PM EDT

[#9]

I did it once and got invited to Thanksgiving dinner, which was nice because I was new in town and was just going to fly solo. CSB.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:51:11 PM EDT

[#10]

Yes.

Sometimes a shop will zip on the lug nuts at 8700 ft lbs and the shitty lug wrench won't do the job.

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Posted: 4/9/2016 1:51:49 PM EDT

[#11]

I helped a poor guy change his tire about 6 months ago in Home depot parking lot. As I was driving out, I seen him sitting in the front seat of his car with the jack in his hands, he looked lost. So, I circled around and asked he needed help.

Come to find out he was headed to work and had mild autism (enough to function but something as complicated as changing a tire was too much). So I helped him out.

He had a scissor jack and I looked at the end of it , it had a nut type for the rod to jack it up. Well, I had a neat idea. I carry an impact wrench for work, so I used the impact to jack the car up and remove the lugs. It was like a nascar pit crew. I had the car up and tire changed and back down on the ground in about 5 minutes. The poor guy just looked like he witnessed the second coming of christ or something. He asked if he owed me anything, I obviously declined and helped him put the flat tire in the trunk and off I went.

I was surprised how well the impact wrenched raised the car up. Thnk the car was a newer ford focus or something like that.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:52:06 PM EDT

[#12]

Yes

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:54:11 PM EDT

[#13]

Usually elderly and women.

driving age males up to about 60 years old.........should know better.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:54:43 PM EDT

[#14]

Why....... nobody stopped to help you iwouldntknow?

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:57:52 PM EDT

[#15]

The other day I noticed an older guy with a flat tire, I turned around to render assistance but was beat to the draw by none other than OSHP.

Posted: 4/9/2016 1:58:40 PM EDT

[#16]

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LOL

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:00:34 PM EDT

[#17]

Years back my cousin and I used to wheel a lot in cheap Bronco IIs, which made great basic trail rigs. We were driving out to go wheeling one day and ended up behind a motor home pulling another Bronco II behind it. Suddenly smoke started pouring out one side of the vehicle, the motor home pulled over, and we stopped to help. It was an older couple making a West coast drive down from Canada to California.

We could immediately tell that one of the wheel bearings had failed, as one of the front hubs was incredibly hot to the touch. It just so happened that I had a full set of tools, jack, and a spare set of bearings with me. We were able to change out the bad wheel bearings and repacked the hub assembly with grease in about 45 minutes, and they were able to go on their way. The older man insisted we take 50 bucks or so for our time, I tried to refuse but he basically put it in my hands, lol.

That being said I have been burned before. Helped what seemed to me to be a trashy lady fix a bad battery cable in a grocery store parking lot, took several hours and a trip back to my house to get tools. Once I escorted her back to her place to make sure she made it (it was a manual and she killed it several times requiring another jump) I found that her husband was home and could have come to help her, but was instead watching TV. He came out to thank me in his underwear

ETA forgot my favorite.. We stopped in a snow storm to help a guy that looked to be stuck in a snow drift on the shoulder in a brand new lifted F250. I realized he was just spinning his rear tires, got out looked, sure enough his hubs were not even locked in. I locked them and told him to try again. He pulled right out of the snow and sped off, not even a wave, nothing.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:02:31 PM EDT

[#18]

depends on the situation, generally I stop, I also ask people walking along the road (in rain, heat, cold) if I can help them get closer to where they are going.

It generally depends on the road side. Grassy side in a straight away il stop, If there is a jersey barrier I generally keep going, too great of a chance for someone to be ducked on the far side.

I keep a set of coveralls, a breaker bar, and a 3 ton jack in the trunk just in case.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:02:37 PM EDT

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just like this dude.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:04:17 PM EDT

[#20]

Depends, I'm rarely ever driving in a situation where time or circumstances permit me to help. Not going to stop with my toddler in the car or on my way to work. Most people are just sitting in their car waiting for AAA or whatever anyway.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:05:55 PM EDT

[#21]

No; watched too many crappy horror films.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:07:28 PM EDT

[#22]

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I've stopped and helped people change tires before, pulled them out of ditches, you name it.

I was just raised that way.

just like this dude.

Pretty much this.

I often wonder in threads like this, who lives in rural areas and who lives near the city. Maybe in the city people will try to scam you on the road side. Someone stranded out on a mountain pass is probably going to be in a world of hurt if they stay stuck overnight.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:08:18 PM EDT

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Usually elderly and women.

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Lets say a 30 year old male from Somalia.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:09:52 PM EDT

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Well I never go anywhere without at least a pistol on me, and usually have more than that in my truck.

I may be helpful when I see someone with a car problem, but I'm also not a complete numbskull.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:10:28 PM EDT

[#25]

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Depends on the nature of the political bumper stickers on their car
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Posted: 4/9/2016 2:10:35 PM EDT

[#26]

Everyone should know how to curb stomp a lug wrench.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:15:37 PM EDT

[#27]

Depends, do they have any leftist bumper stickers?

If so fuck them, obama can miracle their tire on.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:15:55 PM EDT

[#28]

Yes, done so many times- even at night.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:17:40 PM EDT

[#29]

Depends, I judge on many factors

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:18:01 PM EDT

[#30]

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Lets say a 30 year old male from Somalia.

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Usually elderly and women.

driving age males up to about 60 years old.........should know better.

Lets say a 30 year old male from Somalia.

Hey should have had more Snack Bars.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:24:27 PM EDT

[#31]

Maybe, maybe not.
It really depends upon a number of variables.
Who are they? What do they look like? Where am I? What time is it? Who is with me? What's my schedule? What kind of vehicle is it? Etc..

Cheers!
-JC

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:27:04 PM EDT

[#32]

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Pretty much this.

I often wonder in threads like this, who lives in rural areas and who lives near the city. Maybe in the city people will try to scam you on the road side. Someone stranded out on a mountain pass is probably going to be in a world of hurt if they stay stuck overnight.

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I've stopped and helped people change tires before, pulled them out of ditches, you name it.

I was just raised that way.

just like this dude.

Pretty much this.

I often wonder in threads like this, who lives in rural areas and who lives near the city. Maybe in the city people will try to scam you on the road side. Someone stranded out on a mountain pass is probably going to be in a world of hurt if they stay stuck overnight.

I grew up in a small town of maybe 300 people, the closest big town had maybe 8k people in it, and outside of the couple square miles of that town most of the county was small towns, farms, woods and lakes.

Now I live on the side of a mountain 8 miles away from the closest town, 2 miles away from the closest paved road, halfway down a 3 mile long dead end dirt road with 8 whole houses on it, none of which can even see any of the others' because it's all woods. There are orders of magnitude more deer within a 5 mile radius of me than people. So if I see someone broken down on my road it's either one of my neighbors, someone visiting one of them, or someone really and I mean really lost as hell, all of which means they're likely to appreciate the help. Even on some of the "main" roads around here if you get stuck you may see one car every 10 minutes at "rush hour" and cell phone reception is spotty in places.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:31:58 PM EDT

[#33]

Sure why not.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:33:41 PM EDT

[#34]

Only if they're driving a domestic make.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:34:22 PM EDT

[#35]

i do. i will and will continue to do so.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:34:55 PM EDT

[#36]

We help women and elderly. Able bodied males should be able to handle it themselves.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:39:38 PM EDT

[#37]

I have previously and likely will again. I've also pulled people out of ditches and stopped for accidents that I witnessed.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:44:15 PM EDT

[#38]

I live rural, so generally when we see someone on the side of the road we stop and ask if they need assistance.

Last road side assistance I rendered was when a motorcyclist went down in front of me. He was riding with another motorcycle and
their wives were following in a truck. The guy wedged the bike under the guard rail, but thankfully he was ok. It took some time to get the bike
out, but the odd thing is their was not much of a thank you. I chalked it up to them being flatlanders who do not know better.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:46:04 PM EDT

[#39]

Probably not.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:48:44 PM EDT

[#40]

Yeah, I've done it before (And had assistance from folks for myself) many

times.

No big deal.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:49:15 PM EDT

[#41]

We live in the age of cell phones.

I'll help if we're in the middle of nowhere and help won't be forthcoming.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:49:17 PM EDT

[#42]

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Posted: 4/9/2016 2:50:37 PM EDT

[#43]

If I'm alone, sure. If I have my kids with me, no way.

This does not apply in most of the Denver metro area. Five Points may not be bad by ChiTroit standards but it's just not going to happen if I don't have friends with me.

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Posted: 4/9/2016 2:52:55 PM EDT

[#44]

I've jumped a few cars,inflated some tires and changed a couple. IF they look young and capable i'll leave them be they can or should know how to do it.

We did "rescue" a lady in fla while on vacation in fla we were 5 people already crammed into a small 4 door car as we are leaving the beach it starts just pouring rain like blowing sideways real bad stuff.
We see this middle age woman with beach attire on start walking toward the exit (no other cars parked in sight) we stop asked if she needs help turns out she is trying to make her way back to her hotel but doesnt really know where it is and has no phone

. We cram her into our already packed car and make off toward where she thinks it is. Long story short it was about 3miles away she was english and vacationing and had just sort of wondered there after leaving her hotel and going into town. Super nice lady though we told her maybe she should get a phone and or at least keep a card to the hotel she is staying at.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:54:57 PM EDT

[#45]

If traffic is insane I won't stop Other than that I usually help them out,

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:56:28 PM EDT

[#46]

Have had more than one end up being a set up here for armed robbery. So no.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:58:31 PM EDT

[#47]

The obvious answer is, is she hot?

The serious answer is it would depend, if this were 30 years ago, yes, probably, but today my first thought would be ambush, I should also note that I do not pick up hitchhikers. So the answer, again, is it depends. It would have to be abundantly and obviously clear that they were alone and that there is nowhere in the vicinity for an accomplice to be hiding, or waiting around the corner in another vehicle. It would also likely require some sort of dangerous situation, say extreme cold, or heat, or a blizzard, or lightning storm or something. Basically picture a long straight stretch of road in the middle of the Mohave desert where I could see that their was not another soul for miles in every direction and the next gas stop, or any civilization at all for that matter was 10+ miles away and it's 110 outside with full sun, and she's hot.

I would like to say that I would stop to help anyone at any time, and anywhere, but that just isn't true, it's just too dangerous, like I said, maybe 30 years ago, but not now.

So, it depends, and that's the best answer I can give you.

Posted: 4/9/2016 2:58:46 PM EDT

[#48]

'American ....who didn't weigh enough'

Lol, just lol.

Posted: 4/9/2016 3:00:10 PM EDT

[#49]

North American or South American driver?

Posted: 4/9/2016 3:01:28 PM EDT

[#50]

I too was raised to help. You just didn't even think of driving by. But then again that America doesn't exist anymore, except in small isolated pockets maybe.

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