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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My car literally died at a red light. Apparently my car battery is leaking acid/died prematurely and a new one was needed. It wasn’t getting charged while driving. I didn’t know this when I left the house. I tried putting the car in neutral and pushing it to the shoulder but couldn’t physically do it. I’m a 5’2” woman and I weight 120 pounds. I simply couldn’t push it myself and steer the car safely. People whizzed by me honking and screaming. Clearly I am not sitting here and trying to push this car by myself for no reason. One guy yelled at me “this ain’t a parking lot, you can’t park there”. Seriously? I got very lucky and a firetruck with 3 firefighters passed by and helped me push the car to the shoulder and held traffic for me. I had to wait 90 minutes for a tow truck and only 2 people stopped to ask if I needed help. I understand I am owed nothing but I can’t believe how I was treated. I feel like this is just a greater trend of people becoming ruder and community disappearing.  [/quote]

AAAaaaawww I'm sorry 10 years ago in that area. The same thing happened, my car broke down near the Potomac on the highway. I just sat in my car in shock not knowing what to do. A man jumped out and smiled and told me to put it in Neutral. I did that and he pushed my car to the side of the grass and within 2 mins a really nice female police officer drove up behind me and told me that she received multiple calls that people were worried about me. While I waited for the tow truck she said she would swoop back in a few minutes to make sure I was safe and on my way. I was really young and naive and looking back thankful for these turn of events!! Times have changed!!  However, later when having kids and getting older I had rude people left and right and other experiences that left a bad taste in my mouth. [/quote]

I mean how did you know you didn’t need to get out of your car to safety? Don’t they teach this in drivers ed? [/quote]

This happened when traffic was sort of slow and stopping and then picking up a little again and then pausing. It was not while everyone was going 100 on the highway. [/quote]

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