What would you do?

I would stop and call the police. I would keep my doors locked and allow the child to come to the car. I would instruct the child to stay on the side of the road near my headlights while waiting for the police to come. I have been in too many scary and life threatening situations to trust even a child. If the child kept walking past the car I would slowly follow behind and instruct the police by phone as to what is happening. My little brother ran away from home at age 7 and was found playing in a park. My oldest daughter ran away from home at the age of 5 and took up residence in a raised flower bed that had bushes. She had a pillow, blanket, jar of peanut butter and her dolls. Both children had been taught not to talk to strangers. It took a policeman to bring them home. (We had taught them an officer in a police car is ok to talk to.)

I would have to stop. I am a momma so seeing children out would bother me espeically those ages on a busy highway. I would ask the older of the 2 if everything was ok. I would also call 911 to report the situtation. No child of that age should be carrying a younger sibling ALONE on a busy road/street/highway. Something would not seem quite right to me.

II must say I believe that I would stop. Little boys out that late and walking down the road are in some kind of trouble and need help. I know that sometime they could be a trap but babies like that how could you not stop. I would also call the police on the cell at the same time.

I would stop and stay with the children until someone in authority could be contacted. Hopefully by mobile or if I didnt have one stop another vehicle to get assistance quickly.

I stop, and call 911 on my cell phone.

I might slow down and ask if they were ok but I wouldn't stop or get out. It looks like a trap. There are some sick people out there.

I would stop to see if the children are in need of some help.

I would definately stop. Even though I have even read stories about people using their children in this manner to bait unsuspecting "marks". But I would definately stop and ask what was the matter. I always have a cell phone glued to me, so I would be on the phone with 911 while I was stopped also. I suspect however that there is a lot more to this story. :)

I would stop and get the children into my car or at least as far off the road as possible. Then I would use my cell phone to call the police. I would follow with asking the 6 year old why they are out there. I would wait for the police to come to make sure that they are safe.

Of course I would stop. I'd ask if he was ok or needed help. I always have my cell phone on me so I would then call whoever he asked me to call. I always stop, about a month ago a guy in his 60's was stuck in the snow. My hubby and I stopped and it turns out he was sitting there for an hour and we were the first ones to stop!

it might be different in reality. i mean we say we will stop but will we really? have you guys heard of the bystander effect? when there is an emergency, the more bystanders there are, the less likely it is that somebody will actually help. think of it this way, you see this kid carrying a baby, first thing comes into your mind is, what's wrong? but then if something was really wrong, others should have stopped their cars by now. and since no one did, you're just gonna brush it off. this is called pluralistic ignorance. people will assume nothing is wrong since nobody acted as if they were concerned. nobody else stopped. also, you think something really is wrong with the kids. they need your help. most people wont stop because they think by now somebody has already helped these kids. how unusual for them to be walking at this time and nobody helped them. it's crazy that nobody helped them but this phenomenon really happens.

I guess I would stop. Maybe the boy needs help. How can I pass just like that!

Holy heck a 6 year old balancing a 1 year old at dusk, by themselves? I should say heck yeah I would stop, and convince them to get in, then I would drive straight to the police station and see what could be done, that is seriously scarey and those kids would need a good safe warm home, and obviously if they are 6 & 1 walking alone outside at night, they do not have that.

I would definately stop for them, I'm not gonna risk the chance of two children getting hurt, and then KNOWING that you had just passed on, leaving them there to die.

of course I stop for anybody in trouble or even maybe so if it was a 50 year old with a flat tire I stop

I would stop. Seeing something like that to me would supercede almost any urgency, and I'd think it's a darned good excuse for being late.

i will drive by really fast. where are his parents