Poll - Would you help?

If you saw a woman on her own struggling to change flat tyre, would you stop & help?

  • Yes ( I am male)

    Votes: 44 81.5%

  • Yes (I am female)

    Votes: 8 14.8%

  • No (I am male)

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • No (I am female)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    54
I would definatly stop and help, but saying that I would help anyone that I saw struggling.

John.
 
My hubby once helped a lady who was stuck on a petrol station with a flat tyre, He ended up driving her to her house about 4 miles away to get the locking wheel nut key as she hadn't got it in the car! then when they got back to the car she hadn't got a jack!! He couldn't use the jack out of his car as she had all trim's and skirts on the car and there was nowhere to put it so it needed a trolley jack which noone had. He ended up staying with her until she could contact her boyfriend to come to her!

I would offer help if I could see someone was struggling.

Lotty
 
not so much now, women are too paranoid,i've had them dive in the car and lock the doors. if my wife was with me,probably,it's not such a simple question as you might think. i'm old school and people always stopped to help, but now everybody seems to have breakdown and a mobile phone
 
i would help as a rule but ths depends on the cirustances. it may be from my point of view as a guy but i would think how she would think about a stranger approaching her . for example when i go for a run at night after work if i see a woman or elderly guy on my side of the road and its late say after 10.00 i will make a point of running across the road if it safe and pass on the other side so not run right pass them if that makes sense. if i saw a woman tring to fix a wheel if it was with some one else with me then yes def 100 percemt even if they wanted to borrow my phone etc. if it was in a bult up areas in the day in a lage town etc. then i prob would not no. lets be honest here out of 1000 ppl seeing that situation most 999 wont stop after all you most guys carnt fix a wheel either hence brake down cover . is the question about not being able to change a wheel or about saftety or both ?. I know i will get told for thi but if women want equal rights then that comes with theae such problems and that from some one who is old fashined with views and holds doors open for women etc
 
n brown said:
not so much now, women are too paranoid,i've had them dive in the car and lock the doors. if my wife was with me,probably,it's not such a simple question as you might think. i'm old school and people always stopped to help, but now everybody seems to have breakdown and a mobile phone
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Nothing stopping you asking "IF" she needs assistance, and if not, does she want you to stay close (in your own car) until the breakdown arrives.
 
You don't say how old she is, and whether blonde or brunette etc??

Yes of course I would (and have) stop and help. Even if it was a man I would usually ask if he can manage ok.

(If you have a puncture WVW, don't be afraid to ask for help....you don't need to do a poll first!! lol)
 
n brown said:
not so much now, women are too paranoid,i've had them dive in the car and lock the doors. if my wife was with me,probably,it's not such a simple question as you might think. i'm old school and people always stopped to help, but now everybody seems to have breakdown and a mobile phone
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I understand, and did consider an option 5 - "depends on circumstances eg not if I was on my own / running late / not if it was late at night / depends on location etc" but it would have become too complicated so I decided to keep the poll simple so I was just looking for a general attitude really.

I'm also curious as to whether most people would call out the breakdown service simply because they had a flat tyre - I would if I couldn't get the wheel nuts off but I'd be annoyed at having to do so, and would feel a bit daft and as if I'd given the impression that I was a useless female.
 
yes

Yes I would and I have been there and been helped, I am female despite name. By a lovely man driving a trophy pet foods van....thanks mister if you read this.
 
scampa said:
You don't say how old she is, and whether blonde or brunette etc??

Yes of course I would (and have) stop and help. Even if it was a man I would usually ask if he can manage ok.

(If you have a puncture WVW, don't be afraid to ask for help....you don't need to do a poll first!! lol)
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Proud to say I sorted it myself in mini skirt and heels in Manchester city centre today, despite being in a very busy Asda petrol station at 6pm right next to a steady queue of cars waiting for free pumps and in 3/4 hour, not a single person asked if I needed any help despite the fact that I ended up having to jump on the wheel brace to get the wheel nuts off. And I was too damn proud to ring for the Breakdown, and didn't really want to be sitting in the petrol station for a couple of hours till they got there.

I was just wondering whether maybe my expectations of the human race were too high. I would have stopped and offered to help, most definitely in a busy petrol station at teatime. Perhaps I wouldn't offer to help if it was a secluded country lane at midnight but I would probably stop and check that they had a mobile and reception etc so that they could call for help.

PS. Scampa - I'm 21, brunette, hour glass figure and a bottom like Pippa Middleton ;)
 
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whitevanwoman said:
I understand, and did consider an option 5 - "depends on circumstances eg not if I was on my own / running late / not if it was late at night / depends on location etc" but it would have become too complicated so I decided to keep the poll simple so I was just looking for a general attitude really.

I'm also curious as to whether most people would call out the breakdown service simply because they had a flat tyre - I would if I couldn't get the wheel nuts off but I'd be annoyed at having to do so, and would feel a bit daft and as if I'd given the impression that I was a useless female.
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Get yourself an extension bar for your wheel nut wrench !!
 
Always try to help whether male or female as you never know when you might need help yourself.
 
n brown said:
not so much now, women are too paranoid,i've had them dive in the car and lock the doors. if my wife was with me,probably,it's not such a simple question as you might think. i'm old school and people always stopped to help, but now everybody seems to have breakdown and a mobile phone
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I was cycling along a remote road in Kingairloch on the west coast of Scotland a couple of years ago and came across a car grounded with two wheels in a ditch.Inside was a worried looking woman with a small child sat on the back seat. I stopped to ask if she was OK and offer any help that I could. With a terrified look on her face she wound her window up and simply looked away.....perhaps it was my hunchback and two heads!.... So I carried on my way thinking she'd called for help. As an afterthought and a bit further down the road I thought I'd call for the police on her behalf....looked at my phone....no network. So I called them a few miles further on when I did have signal.
So much fear around nowadays...very sad.
That said I would still stop to offer anyone help.
 
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whitevanwoman said:
Proud to say I sorted it myself in mini skirt and heels in Manchester city centre today, despite being in a very busy Asda petrol station at 6pm right next to a steady queue of cars waiting for free pumps and in 3/4 hour, not a single person asked if I needed any help despite the fact that I ended up having to jump on the wheel brace to get the wheel nuts off. And I was too damn proud to ring for the Breakdown, and didn't really want to be sitting in the petrol station for a couple of hours till they got there.

I was just wondering whether maybe my expectations of the human race were too high. I would have stopped and offered to help, most definitely in a busy petrol station at teatime. Perhaps I wouldn't offer to help if it was a secluded country lane at midnight but I would probably stop and check that they had a mobile and reception etc so that they could call for help.

PS. Scampa - I'm 21, brunette, hour glass figure and a bottom like Pippa Middleton ;)
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your not 21 you fibber lol
 
whitevanwoman said:
Proud to say I sorted it myself in mini skirt and heels in Manchester city centre today, despite being in a very busy Asda petrol station at 6pm right next to a steady queue of cars waiting for free pumps and in 3/4 hour, not a single person asked if I needed any help despite the fact that I ended up having to jump on the wheel brace to get the wheel nuts off. And I was too damn proud to ring for the Breakdown, and didn't really want to be sitting in the petrol station for a couple of hours till they got there.

I was just wondering whether maybe my expectations of the human race were too high. I would have stopped and offered to help, most definitely in a busy petrol station at teatime. Perhaps I wouldn't offer to help if it was a secluded country lane at midnight but I would probably stop and check that they had a mobile and reception etc so that they could call for help.

PS. Scampa - I'm 21, brunette, hour glass figure and a bottom like Pippa Middleton ;)
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Well done you for handling it yourself!! And I know we're supposed to be living in an age of equality, but I'm still disappointed that nobody offered to help you. Maybe a lot of the men there wouldn't know how to do it??

As Steco says, it's a good idea to get yourself an extending wheel-brace to make it easier to tighten/loosen the wheel-nuts. (Don't forget to check and tighten them again when the wheel is back on the ground). Here's the type that I mean:

NEW Extendable Wheel Brace Wrench 17mm 19mm 21mm 23mm | eBay

Coincidentally, I also had a puncture a couple of weeks ago, but mine was in a Tesco petrol station! It wasn't a big deal, although it was pouring with rain at the time. Maybe if I'd been wearing my mini skirt and heels someone might've offered to help?!

(BTW, I like your description of yourself......we sound so alike!! lol)
 
Yes I would help.

I would explain what she needed to do in simple steps until she had finished (from inside my vehicle if it was raining).

Hey....... I did not start all this equality malarkey, it was the women who screamed for it.

Only joking.................or am I ?
 
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