Thread: Do you stop to Help..Or Not

Originally Posted by cucinadio

nissan...no!!! land rover ...YES!!!....

Cheers

That warrants a comment that may get me in twubble

Originally Posted by Tank

Just wondering what you would have done in the situation I described earlier when I stopped for 2 Aboriginal ladies and 1/2 a dozen or so of their drunken cousins that had been hiding in the grassy ditch, out the back of Bourke, who I believe were intent on taking everything I owned, Regards Frank.

Not sure what your aiming at exactly here Frank, but faced with the same situation, I'd of pulled the Colt from under the seat and.......................Nah, I'd of done very much the same.....But won't stop me stopping for others,my old boy has stopped a few times for our colored friends on his travels, some proved to be quite genuine, others, just out to rip him off, but either way, good stories

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!

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

I would think anyone who is a parent, especially a male with the missus and kids in the car would automatically understand where rockyroad was coming from. Only someone with a bra to burn would think it was remotely sexist. Bottom line is males are the creepier of the 2 sexes, so naturally a bloke or blokes stranded.....are unlikely to get assistance from a family man.

Main reason being is I did make that error....with the missus and kids in the car. Car had gone off the road, was night time and was a little down the embankment....and a couple of guys waved us down. We weren't exactly remote...but we werent in the city either. Against my better judgement, pulled over and wound the window down. Yep..........****ed as farts....wanting me to see if I could drag them out...........with a bloody extension chord. Finally I just told them to call RACQ and be done with it....they tried to argue and I took off. Sorry but for me the wife and kids are more important to me and won't take the risk again.....unless it was very remote and could make a quick assessment based on type of car, how the person is dressed etc....remotely feral...forget it.

Matt...Ivan Milat would have loved you

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by rovercare

Not sure what your aiming at exactly here Frank, but faced with the same situation, I'd of pulled the Colt from under the seat and.......................Nah, I'd of done very much the same.....But won't stop me stopping for others,my old boy has stopped a few times for our colored friends on his travels, some proved to be quite genuine, others, just out to rip him off, but either way, good stories

Not really trying to make a point, other than "once bitten twice shy", when I was driving Interstate I used to pick up hitchikers all the time until one of them nicked some money I had in the centre console, so one idiot, or bunch of idiots spoiled it for the rest. There are junkies around that will do anything to get their next fix and stuff anyone that gets in their way, so it pays to be careful, it's a shame that it has come to this, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by stevo68

Matt...Ivan Milat would have loved you

Regards

Stevo

I've told the joke once before on this forum and was politely asked to delete, so I won't repeat

But yea, I've probably stopped for well over 40-50 random people, despite some minor grief, never had a life/wellbeing problem, but then again, not sure anyone wants to do anything nasty to a feral looking bugger like me

Although I must make a point, with the kids in the car I completely understand using a some caution

We stopped a couple of weeks ago on Reid Hwy near Perth Airport for some young guys who had gotten bogged. They missed their turn off and had then tried to cross from one side of the Hwy to the other across the wide median strip through a gap in the vegetation - bad move.

They had called one of their mates who came to try and extract them but was trying to pull out their Camry with a Vitara for over half an hour with no luck. First thing we smelled when we stopped was his clutch......

I nearly had a heart attack though when I saw the setup - a crappy old strap that was looped over the tow ball and everyone just standing around while they had been trying to recover it. A few quick pointers and they all got well away.

I ended up backing the Puma in, attached my own tow strap and slowly pulled them out making sure everyone was well clear. They were a bunch of young uni students and the poor ba$tards basically had no idea. They were eternally grateful though as they had been stuck for over 3 hrs so it was nice to help out.