Car troubles in the middle of the highway

That's terrible! I hate to hear you suffered such an ordeal. People can be so cruel! Like you could actually help your car breaking down where it did. What do they think..that you could lay an egg and hatch a mechanic? Geesh..I would have felt bad for you..noway I would have honked or yelled. I might have even blasted someone out for doing so if I saw it.

hello, I knew the feeling coz i've been into same situation before. I forgot to pull up my handbrake and my car was parked on a slopes,and it slides down to the road (center)causing traffic. That was really embarrassing /annoying and i want to pull my hair for being so dumb (forgot the handbrake sheesshh)

I do feel sorry for a person having a bad day with their car (considering I barely got home that last day when my transmission was dying.) I also feel sorry for the victims of car wrecks, but not the person who caused it(even when that person is ME.)

Hi Bounce, That just happened to me yesterday on my way to work. My axle broke and it was right in the middle of a big snowstorm so there was no breakdown lane to pull into. I did manage to get off the road enough as to not cause too much trouble but still, they did have to slow down to get around me. I was upset enough at being late to work thus losing time and knowing that this is going to cost me. I really didn't pay attention to what the passers were doing. Luckily, I had my cell. Not luckily that I did not have my little notebook of #'s on me as I'd used it that morning to set up a appt. with my mechanic knowing something was up with my car. I've been in this spot before and I would never get angry or add to a person's troubles. I would stop and see if there was anything I could do to help.

That's not fun to be stuck on the highway in the winter... I remember we had a lot of car troubles last year. One of the time, we drove the Chrysler to the zoo for more than 50 miles from home. When we head home, the car stalled on us, we ended up limping home for hours... The other time, we drove the volvo to the casino for more than 150 miles, we got a flat tire one time and the other time, the car all of a sudden slowed down to 30 miles itself on the highway then we were stuck on the highway in the cold and had to wait for AAA...

Driving makes people evil! I'm glad I don't drive anymore for these types of reasons but one time my car went out of control and I landed on the other side. It was a miracle I didn't hit anything and when I looked around everyone had wide eyes rather than red faces. Someone actually stopped to help me.

I remember the first time I had car trouble. I had the arrival time to my job for transportation wrong so I had to drive myself to the job site. I was about half way to the job site when my car stopped running. I was able to get to the side of the road onto the shoulder (this was I-5 I think) and I stood by the car for a while. Most people went by and finally a truck driver stopped and took me to a service station. They got a tow truck to take me to a shop. It turned out that the timing belt had broken. I think I got really lucky that day. You hear all the horror stories about how people get attacked and you wonder if you are next. It seems like every time I broke down, someone did stop to help me.

Oh Bounce58 I´m very ashamed that you had to hear does yelling, honkings and the agry stares of uncounsius drivers... as you were willing you to stop there and take the breeze... isn´t it? I don´t make unfriendly gestures, nor yelling nor angry stares. And I feel very sad and upset when I got them. And I feel aware when I watch others being roadside. We must try to let pass away the unpolite drivers. However! It´s not their own business!... Blessings!... Dainy