No one pulling over to help anymore?

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shinybugz0@reddit

Can you share what you were putting on the road??

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

A large branch and other items I found on the side of the road. A clear sign I was asking for help, no?

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shinybugz0@reddit

Why exactly were you needing help? Isn't putting a large branch on the road a hazard?

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What is your sex/ethnicity? I am going to bet money that you are a male, and darker complexion. As a stunning white woman, I literally have 10+ people stop and help me even when I don't need anything. Literally, everywhere I go, it's annoying actually.

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

“A stunning white woman”

I’ll be the judge of them, shoot over a DM.

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JonasSharra@reddit

I’ve never heard a stunning woman refer to herself as “a stunning white woman”… jeez

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TinyCream133@reddit

RIP inbox

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98sooner00@reddit

Same reason nobody picks up hitchhikers. You never know who legitimately needs help or who is going to rob you or worse. A few bad people have made it where you can't trust anyone in our society.

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

I actually picked up a hitchhiker (granted this was 15ish years ago) and gave him a ride from Bakersfield to San Francisco. He had a guitar so that helped his case. I was also carrying a pistol lol

Chill dude. He told me crazy stories about riding on freight trains.

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Emotional-Loss-9852@reddit

I was going to home depot with my dad a few months ago and a car was stalled in the right lane and we stopped and pushed them into the parking lot and they didn’t even say thank you smh

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

Some people are assholes.. keep being awesome!

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Sweaty-Blueberry140@reddit

I mean, there's a Whataburger right there. Just go there if you need help 😆

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

Now that I think about it.. the guy who thought he was going to get robbed might have been yelling that at me.. hmmmm

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Haunting-Ad-383@reddit

Next time, try placing larger items in the road. Maybe that will help

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

This is an excellent idea! Thank you kind stranger!

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anonymousguy11234@reddit

What even is this post? They were placing objects in the road?

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CatteNappe@reddit

Response to this earlier post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/1sc4bsr/potential_thing_to_look_out_for_near_love_field/

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SMF67@reddit

They're trolling. It's a reference to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/1sc4bsr/potential_thing_to_look_out_for_near_love_field/

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pauliep13@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/s/v9jUoMUvER

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Anxious-Economist-53@reddit

I need to get off Reddit

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letscallthis_trash@reddit (OP)

🤣

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OneLastSmile@reddit

the whataburger was RIGHT there man

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CatteNappe@reddit

Yeah, no. If you have a flat tire, or ran out of gas, or whatever you know darn well that the answer is not to pile debris in the road. If you want people to stop and help you don't act like a modern day highwayman.

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bevothelonghorn@reddit

WTF were you putting IN the road? And why would anyone help? And the answer to your question is that it is no one else’s responsibility to help you at all. You are meant to be thankful for the help that comes; not bitch about a stranger adopting your priorities. But again… WTactualF were you putting IN the road? I gotta know.

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IShouldLiveInPepper@reddit

You should call the police

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Seargant-Shitpost@reddit

AAA premium is incredible value for 120 bucks a year.

You get four calls in one of them can be up to a 200 mi tow

200 mi too if you were to pay out of park is $1000 or close to it (used to drive a wrecker and for AAA)

I use all four of them every year obviously they can be for jumpstarts lockouts etc

Just figured I'd recommend if this helps any One reading it. You don't have to copay any of those calls. Get the maximum membership you can thank me later

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EtchASketchNovelist@reddit

If someone was putting shit in the road, that seems like they're trying to barricade the road and ambush folks. If someone is trying to get a car thing done, they probably are focusing on that instead of waving frantically. Maybe a sign that says "help please" could be the best to get someone to stop.

Put yourself in others shoes. When they approach a situation, does it look like they're gonna be in danger?

And when I read this post, I don't have any information about what was going on. Did you need help for a medical emergency or a car issue?

This feels like such a peculiar post. But I'll say that last time I pulled over to help someone, they basically just said "no I'm good".

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ZeroMoneyDown@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/s/nTY6oCABQO

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Seargant-Shitpost@reddit

Holy shit both side of the story in the same sub 😂

Cities man. In places like Montana people still stop

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JonasSharra@reddit

Putting stuff in the road to try to get people to voluntarily stop for help? What made you think that was a good idea?

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zardfizzlebeef@reddit

Family friend was just killed on 67 last week because of exactly this. She pulled over, got out to help at a wreck site and someone hit her and ran.

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Dallas2houston120@reddit

Was just about to type this. It’s too dangerous in more ways than one.

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CallTheBruteSquad@reddit

I'm a single woman, and I've seen Criminal Minds. I'm happy to call for help if I see someone in trouble, but I will not be putting myself in a situation at night with someone I don't know

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Bardfinn@reddit

Because "Hey stop your car and get out" is the method used by various elements of society who wish to throw people into windowless vehicles and transport them to secondary locations

Some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses

Whole lotta cases of young people getting identified only by their dental records because they wound up in the trunk of a flaming car

Whole lotta cases of people getting dropped off into blizzards

whole lotta cases of people getting shipped to Venezuela

Wake up and smell the morning news my friend. New Years Eve 2024 flipped the calendar to 1984.

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wharf_rat_01@reddit

10/10

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bepeacock@reddit

given the state of our society are you really surprised? people don’t care at best and may think they’ll be the victim of a crime at worst.

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zughzz@reddit

Yeah guy on the side of the road at night moving random stuff sounds like a trap.

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deepfriednanner@reddit

This is the correct answer its unfortunate but correct none the less.

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Backupaccount84@reddit

...who... who wrote this, a highway robber??

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NieBer2020@reddit

No one helped in your situation. People help. Why you gotta lump everyone together?

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us1549@reddit

We are a very low trust society. I'm not pulling over to ask if someone needs help.

God forbid they misinterpret my intent and post me on social media and I get canceled

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ConchaConquistador@reddit

This, and/or get shot.

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swede2k@reddit

Everyone has a cell phone now and can call for help. So no one is really stranded on the side of the road like they were in pre-cell phone days.
So the likelihood of someone trying to get help on the side of the road being genuine is pretty low, and there’s a reasonable assumption they could be trying to harm you.

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Glad_Air8204@reddit

Dallas is a big city 🤷‍♂️ mileage may vary depending on the area but generally if you’re in Dallas proper it is more unlikely that someone would go out of their way to assist unless it’s a life or death situation, people are busy and on the go, you’ll figure it out is the general theme.

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FakenFrugenFrokkels@reddit

I would like to live in that world. It no longer exists.

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dolph_land@reddit

I used to pull over all the time but I can’t risk it anymore due to being a parent now. Sorry

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ShroomSensei@reddit

Last time I pulled over to help, people acted like I was going to murder them. Haven’t helped out since.

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Crazy_Ad_91@reddit

“Thought he was going to get robbed”

Well yea, because people have been robbed falling for that. It sucks, I know, but a few bad things ruin it for everyone type of deal.

This was actively a thing when I was in high school back in the late 2000s in Arlington. Our high school even put out a PSA not to stop if someone was trying to flag us down off the access roads along I-20 at night.

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