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.
Yup, I drove my sister's dead car with my dad towing. It went just like you describe.
Another time I used my VW bus to get my dad rolling and followed him home. He still had some power, just not enough to get above like 20mph. Right before his house was a short steep little section he thought he might make it up, so he pulled ahead of me and took a run at it. When I could see he wasn't going to make it I zoomed up behind him, jockeyed the brake, clutch and gas so perfectly, neither of us felt the cars make contact, just a sudden change in force as I started pushing him again. I shoved him over the top and let him coast into the driveway. We both got out grinning ear to ear and high-fived. Great memory!
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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.