How would you / Do you prepare?
Hi All, throwing this question out for discussion and feedback. It is oriented to those of you who travel the secondary roads, generally in the West. I have been doing a lot of driving this week, n...
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It’s always interesting to me how dependent we become on our technology. It wasn’t until the mid-80’s that car phones were developed to the point where the general public used them, and then very little because of cost. Now we have cell phones we can take with us everywhere and people are fearful when they’re outside of cell phone coverage. Lion’s! And Tiger’s! And Bear’s! Oh my!!!
For the forty-five years before I got a car phone (and later a cell phone) when things in my car would break I’d either fix it myself if possible or raise my hood and when someone stopped I’d request a ride into town for help or for needed parts. I’d do the same thing for people that I saw needed help, in fact I still do. On my recent Alaskan road trip I drove a guy 40 miles round trip into town and back for gasoline. He tried to pay me but I refused, too many people have helped me in the past to even think of accepting his money.
One thing I’ve learned is that generally people have big hearts, particularly in rural areas, and will go out of their way to help you with car trouble. In 2013 I got a flat tire out in the country, two separate people driving by pulled over and offered to help me while I was putting on the spare.
Steve
For the forty-five years before I got a car phone (and later a cell phone) when things in my car would break I’d either fix it myself if possible or raise my hood and when someone stopped I’d request a ride into town for help or for needed parts. I’d do the same thing for people that I saw needed help, in fact I still do. On my recent Alaskan road trip I drove a guy 40 miles round trip into town and back for gasoline. He tried to pay me but I refused, too many people have helped me in the past to even think of accepting his money.
One thing I’ve learned is that generally people have big hearts, particularly in rural areas, and will go out of their way to help you with car trouble. In 2013 I got a flat tire out in the country, two separate people driving by pulled over and offered to help me while I was putting on the spare.
Steve
