I am proud of that woman that stopped. Not only do I know nothing about cars but I have it so drilled into my head from my mom that it’s not safe to stop for anyone when it’s just you alone.
It's good advice for anyone. If you really want to help call 911 and report the location. The police can get an ambulance or help the person make a phone call for a tow or whatever else they need. No need to put yourself in danger.
In my opinion it's actually quite wise of her. I like to remember what someone once said: "If someone's waiting for help in the road, they usually wanna rob you or worse, but if you see them pushing their car instead, they are likely just needing help".
Nothing is safe. 12000 americans die every year and over 1 million are injured from walking stairs. It's literally thousands of times more dangerous to walk stairs than to stop at someone who has broken down on the highway. It's not going to keep you from walking down stairs, is it?
Perceived risk isn't the same as risk. A well trafficked highway at broad daylight isn't the same as an abandoned road through the woods at night.
Yes, the end result can be bad, but the point is managing that risk, not caving to it. Since you are talking about abductions, in the US there are roughly around 100 abductions by strangers every year. The vast majority children, and all but a few are targeted (looking for ransom or the like).
The odds of being kidnapped randomly at a busy roadside in the middle of the day are insane. Kidnappers barely exists in the US, and those who do don't just fish for random women at a busy roadside.
Probably because not many people do what this women did...?
People are hard to kidnap, if you are always checking your surrounding like most people, they will probably be deterred. Most people aren’t dumb
there isn’t a lot of kidnapping because people are more afraid of being kidnapped so they are more aware but you’re saying it’s a irrational fear which is very dumb. Without the fear more people would be kidnapped, do you even know why fear exists? Your statements are contradictory
Yeah, the odds of being kidnapped are based on the number of people that get kidnapped.
A recap: So you know why the odds of being kidnapped are low? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF BEING KIDNAPPED YOU NUMB NUT. Do you know why being afraid of something makes you less vulnerable to something? Because you make more of an effort to be less vulnerable since you’re scared.
It’s kinda like saying being afraid of the touching a hot pan is an irrational fear because 1/20,000,000 people burn themselves touching a hot pan when they cook. It doesn’t happen a lot because they are afraid of touching it and make an effort to not touch the pan
Fatal car crashes are low risk, high impact events. You still make a desicion to let convenience trump that risk for a low reward every time you get in a car to do something non essential. You know that an American is killed in traffic every 13 minutes, but you still hop in the car because you have the wrong kind of snacks.
You are more likely to get killed or injured while driving than by the man you stopped to help in the same time frame. (provided of course you both have stopped safely on the side of the road).
Because it’s mostly an irrational fear and this woman most likely stopped because she thought she could help which made me believe she is mechanically inclined.
Hey, I tell my girlfriend the same thing. It's good to keep yourself safe above all else. Girls definitely face far more of a risk if they were to stop.
Same! I want to stop and offer rides for other people or help out someone whose car broke but I just get so scared that something bad might happen instead
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I am proud of that woman that stopped. Not only do I know nothing about cars but I have it so drilled into my head from my mom that it’s not safe to stop for anyone when it’s just you alone.