Thread: Do you stop to Help..Or Not

Yes I stop, I have been in a situation where people have not stopped, a classic example was a couple in a Range Rover who drove past us on the Merty Merty Rd and waved, it was late afternoon

1/2hr Later a family in a Cruiser stopped and offered to help, then drove to Merty Station and alerted the owner of our plight, who drove out to meet us and followed us back to the station, he then fixed the trailer for us, gave us a cuppa and we were on our way

To the couple in the Rangie

Baz.

i went to stop once, went to see wat was up and i swear they wanted me to go away,,, and that day i had my work tool box in the back, they realy wanted me to go,,, so bugger it,, unless they tell me to stop, cos 99% of people have mobiles , or its a landrover,, or out in the middle of no were

I stopped for a sheila and her mum just a few days ago. They were only about 10 km north of Katherine and in the end there was nothing I could do, but they appreciated the moral support.

AMate and i were travelling down the obi obi range and lost lights(low and high) , a cpl of cars drove straight past us until finally a guy stopped and said follow him , we did this till he sped up half way down the range and we lost site of him . We had a pretty slow and steady trip from there through to Kenilworth where we spotted mr.follow me's car sitting outside the pub, we decided to go in for a cpl of coldies and give him a mouthfull, his reply was he was thirsty ! so to cut a long story short i usually stop for most people , i am not mechanically minded but try to help in any way possible wether it be by ringing someone for them or giving them a ride.

I don't when I'm in the city, unless there is an imminent danger and I can do something about it eg: push car to safety or tell dimwit mother to get her kids behind guard rail and not wandering near the traffic ().

I figure that in the metro area, there is phone coverage, the NRMA is close at hand, and there is a higher proportion of dishonest/dangerous people.

I stop for series Land Rovers or other classics, and I stop when out of the metro except in situations when:

a) my gut says "bad idea"
b) there is a group of males
c) it is dangerous to stop

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I assess each situation individually but my golden rule is that if I have the kids on board and there's an adult male thats broken down then I dont stop. If its a female or a family then thats a different story.

Should I say that is such a sexist remark. You are assuming that all males have mechanical aptitude and that females do not!

People travelling in remote areas should go prepared, I say. I'm in the NRMA and have, phones plus VKS-737 on board and if it were really remote I'd also carry an EPIRB.

On a final note, one wonders what the stranded motorists and their car looked like! Were they ferrals and did the car look like it should be dumped?

BTW: Back in the 1970s, one Land Rover owner I knew was travelling in NT and came across a group of first Australians with a broken down car. The people had already affixed a tow rope and asked for a tow to the nearest station, to which he obliged. Several weeks later on a different road he came across the same group in the same situation, this time he decided to see if he could fix the problem. When he opened the bonnet, there was no engine.

Diana

The other side of the coin is so many people stopping to help you cannot get the problem fixed......
On the way to Cooma the Series 1 stopped. We tracked down an electrical problem fairly quickly but as I hot wired the coil my Father-in-law had to stand at the back of the car waving people by because they all wanted to stop and offer assistance.

Unusual to have so many Land Rovers in one place but thanks anyway to everyone who stopped to offer help, waved and tooted.


Colin

PS: That reminds me the coil still has some 'temporary' wiring, I must try and find where the missing volts are going........

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I assess each situation individually but my golden rule is that if I have the kids on board and there's an adult male thats broken down then I dont stop. If its a female or a family then thats a different story.
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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Should I say that is such a sexist remark. You are assuming that all males have mechanical aptitude and that females do not!
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Diana

I didn't read it that way. I thought he meant that he would assess the danger involved in stopping, especially as he mentioned having his own kids on board. I would have thought (whether it is a valid assumption or not) that I would be more likely to be assaulted by a couple of rough looking males than a man with his wife and young kids.

I would generally stop unless I thought it dangerous. There could be a number of things that would make it potentially dangerous. Most of them have been covered by others.