Are you afraid to stop your car in a forest to help somebody who need help?
By icesmile
@icesmile (7160)
Romania
May 28, 2009 1:39am CST
Happened to me few days ago...i was alone in the car, and when i was on the road, is the forest , somebody move his hand and ask help....i stop my car, i don t open my car door and i ask him with what i can help...of course i don t stop my car engine.
I look to his face, and when i saw other person who come,..so he don t was alone..just i go, and i don t look back...i was so scared really, and i promise myself that never i don t stop my car when i am alone in the car..i am really afraid.
There is not city where are a lot of people, is a road in a forest...so, do you think that was ok that i go away?
Or must open my door and try to talk with they face to face?well...i don t think so..but what is your opinion? Do you really have courage to stop your car in a forest when you are alone and somebody ask your help?
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5 responses
@wendywhy (64)
• United States
28 May 09
That situation sounds really scary. I think you were very brave for stopping and offering to help, and also very smart for driving away when you didn't feel comfortable with the situation. I have stopped to try to help someone but only if I didn't have my kids with me.
I think you did the right thing. You have to be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts.
@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
28 May 09
hi, when i saw that other man come, and i saw his smile , i understand that something is not ok...with what can a woman help 2 man in a forest...yes, i think that my instincts work good..even i am a person who like to help, i was scaring and i try to help just myself in that moment....my mother say that i was crazy because i stop...but
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
16 Jun 09
No way. I can use my cell phone and call for help. I wouldn't stop my engine and I wouldn't open the door...
Who is walking in the forest alone? thanks the new technology and cell phones, we can help others in need without personal risk.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
•
28 May 09
You were incredibly lucky - or those guys were plain weird. You could argue that someone looking for a lone woman to attack wouldn't be hanging around on a deserted road in the hope that one might just drive by, but I think there are weirdos who get their kicks from doing just that.
So yes - you were right to drive on.
@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
29 May 09
it is scarier now than it was a few years ago i don't know if people have got meaner or just braver about hurting someone.i would not stop now.i would go and call the police.
