Do you give lifts to strangers?
By mariyamaka
@mariyamaka (931)
India
April 6, 2007 6:29am CST
I usually don give lifts to strangers untill couple of days before i saw this girl standin on road and askin for lift i felt sad and stoped and inquired she said her car is broken down so i helped her! and had really felt good helping someone... though i didnt had to go ouy of my way... but today morining i read in newspaper how a couple was looted and man was killed while female manneged to escape, she said they gave lift to a young man! man i was really shaken by this news........ what you think is it safe to give lift or no? do you give lifts??? or did you had any bad experiance while you gave lift. or have you asked for lifts?... do share your opinion!
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5 responses
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 Apr 07
Of course not! Strangers are strangers. Even "friends" can be dangerous so how can you trust strangers on the same car as you?
@samrat16 (2442)
• India
7 Apr 07
I didn't use to give lifts to strangers but one incident changed my life and now I stop for people who look like deserve a lift. I was coming from bhopal ( city from central india ) and leading to bombay ( city situted southern central india ). I saw a person asking for life at 12 in night . God knows why I stopped my car for him and let him in. We drove for some 80 miles and then he suddenly shouted "Stop ,brakes." I don't know why I pushed brakes and stared at him. Then he asked me to get down from car and see what is ahead , to my surprise it was a broken bridge and it wasn't visible from car lights. He told he knew that there was broken bridge on khan river and that's why he stopped me. I was so glad if I would have been alone , then definately I would have fallen from bridge into river.
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
7 Apr 07
that was really lucky for you!! but i definatly would like to give you advise to not to give lifts so late in the night and that also on highway!!!!!!!!!!!
@recycledgoth (9894)
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6 Apr 07
In all honesty I would not stop and give a lift to a stranger. As a woman on her own, I wouldn't take the risk of letting anyone else into the car with me. If someone was in genuine need then I am quite happy to use my mobile phone and call the emergency services to inform them that there is someone on the side of the road needing help but I wouldnot put myself at risk by stopping. It is a sad fact of life that it is no longer a safe world
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Well no I don't think I have ever given a ride to a stranger! I just worry because of all you hear about the dangers of doing it and lots of people that rob, steal your car, or whatever. And for me I have my kids with me so no way would I risk it. Sometimes I see people and elederly especially and it makes me sad that I cant help but I have to think of my kids first.
