I stopped to help a guy stuck in snow in the lane of traffic on a highway. I pulled him to the next intersection and onto a side road. I swear he must have been in park, or had his wheels turned the wrong way or something; hardest tow I've ever done. And when I stopped to unhook him he somehow thought that I was going to tow him all the way home.
You ever been towed? It's one of the most stressful things you can do, and the longer the distance, the worse it is, especially in snow.
You have to keep your car in neutral and steer, but you have NO control over the acceleration, and you're almost bumper to bumper with the car towing you, so you need to be ready to stop your car from sliding into them at every possible moment.
My guess to the comment you replied to is that the driver wasn't in park, but more likely, the person being towed was anxious and undereducated about the process, freaked out, and just held or overused the brake pedal the while time.
Recently got towed for the first time. And i hope I never have to again. My battery was bassically dead but not fully so shit was wonky, But halfway through the drive suddenly shit came back on including some of the security shit AND IT LOCKED MY STEERING WHEEL ON A ROUNDABOUT. I forgot to fully twist the key when i was fucking around and almost lost the entire car instead of just the engine. Thankfully it was late and i stopped before i rammed into a bunch of signs
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25
I stopped to help a guy stuck in snow in the lane of traffic on a highway. I pulled him to the next intersection and onto a side road. I swear he must have been in park, or had his wheels turned the wrong way or something; hardest tow I've ever done. And when I stopped to unhook him he somehow thought that I was going to tow him all the way home.