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paranewbi
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I do and have stopped to help plenty...on both sides of the border. Once there were two nationals south of the border standing on the side of the road
and I stopped to see how I could help getting them back on the road. They needed gas, so I put a couple of gallons in their car tank and after
handshakes started back on my way. Looking back in the mirror I saw a that a car or two after mine, they were waving their cloth flag as another car
slowed to stop to 'help'...fill 'er up please!
CortezBlue...not to provide excuses...a friend of mine stopped to assist in changing a tire for a lady stopped on the side of the road. Realized he
was flying through the air, he woke up in the hospital without the use of his mangled legs. His memory of the 'flight' was clear in the realization in
the moment that he had been hit by a car while changing that tire and yet never felt the impact.
Sometimes self preservation overwhelms the guilt of not assisting as we peer into the rear view mirror and hope for wellbeing of the stranded, perhaps
not the " hoping no one looks their way" as rts551 would attribute.
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Katiejay99
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I have been broken down on the side of the road here in Mexico a few times and it is always a Mexican who stops to help and they have NEVER asked for
money in return. They seem happy to just help out. I have never had a non-Mexican offer to give me a hand.
In fact I had an issue with a windshield wiper I was trying to replace in San Diego once, sitting at the dealership and obviously in need of help as
many people took notice and kept on walking past. I finally threw down the tool I had to borrow from one of the mechanics who worked there and said,
rather loudly, "I give up and I'm going back to Mexico where people help people". A guy walking by chuckled and immediately offered to help me. He got
it replaced and I was very thankful.
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MICK
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I stop for gringos and Mexicans alike. To bad you weren't farther up I might have driven by and stopped.
Mick
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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BajaBlanca
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We are in the habit of stopping also, even if it "looks" like everything is under control, better to make sure. A couple months ago we lent a guy a
tool on the road from abreojos to highway 1. He promised to return it.....and he did!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
I don't need a manual, |
Missed your spelling error yesterday, but one of your roadside angels........was he named Manuel? 
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Do you think anyone stopped to help? Yep, but it wasn't gringos, it was a few Mexicano's that offered to help change the tire.
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[Edited on 10-15-2013 by DENNIS]
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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durrelllrobert
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Last year I was heading north on the toll road when the ABC bus I was following in the left lane suddenly slowed and moved over to the right lane. I
thought that was so I could pass him and just as I started to he hit a large flooded area and the resultant waterfall he threw completely engulfed my
Yukon. Zero visibility and I knew there was a guard rail on my left so I cut the wheel to the right and did a 180 without striking anything, then
another 180 passing behind him in the right lane and off onto the soggy shoulder pointing the same way I had be heading.
My Yukon has posi-traction but the ground was so soggy I just buried the back end to the axel so I put on the flashers and the first car that came
along was a Mexican in a van that stopped to help. He spoke no English and my Spanish is minimal but I got the drift that he would use his cellphone
to call the Green Angels, which he did.
Apparently they told him that they couldn't pull cars out but would call a tow truck to come from Ensenada and I was about half way between Baja Mar
and Puerto Escondido so he said that he would pull me out. All he had was a skinny yellow plastic rope that was just long enough to reach from the
back of his van to the front hook on mine. Sure enough he did it and refused to take any money. God bless Mexicans.
Bob Durrell
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TMW
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What do you mean Americans don't stop. I do, must have missed my report.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=69455
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
God bless Mexicans. |
He/She does......with children.
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DianaT
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And I remember when you hooked Diver's rig up, truck and trailer, and pulled them back to El Rosario. And I remember Diver telling us that his rig
was very heavy and not easy on your truck!
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DENNIS
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For some here who like to refer to Americans as "guests" [albeit uninvited].......calling our culture deficient in "team ethic" makes them feel more
accepted in Mexico, a country that prides itself on individualism.
I'll never understand it.
They might ask themselves what they would do if coming across a Mexican family, broken down on the side of the road in their US neighborhood.
I don't have to ask. I know.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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msteve1014
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It's fine to praise the people that stop to help, but the moral of the story should be to learn where the tools are, and know how to replace a flat
tire in a new car BEFORE you need to.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
They might ask themselves what they would do if coming across a Mexican family, broken down on the side of the road in their US neighborhood.
I don't have to ask. I know. |
That is also a blanket statement and may be true for some. After all, we have met many ex-pats and visitors in Mexico who don't like Mexicans.
However, when we lived in Calexico we stopped several times to help out Mexican families from both side of the border. After all, some of them were
our student's families and our neighbors. Does that make us special or unusual? I don't think so.
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TMW
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I'm less app to stop in the US to help on a freeway since the cops patrol it on a regular basis. On a two lane back road I will stop. Also when I'm
off road no matter where I'm at I stop.
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meme
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My husband stops to help everyone. Saturday after a long long day (6:00 pm.) Poker Run working, he was on his way home finally--when he stopped to
help 4 young Mexicans which had a flat tire, 3 of which were girls. They were very grateful for his help as they usually are on the hwy here. They had
an old jack which was not easy to use & not real helpful to them ,but with help got the job done. He was very late getting home but happy that he
had helped someone in need.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
I'm less app to stop in the US to help on a freeway since the cops patrol it on a regular basis. On a two lane back road I will stop. Also when I'm
off road no matter where I'm at I stop. |
I agree. I wasn't talking about freeway situations.
I probably wouldn't stop on a Toll Road down here either. There are services in place for that.
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
I'm less app to stop in the US to help on a freeway since the cops patrol it on a regular basis. On a two lane back road I will stop. Also when I'm
off road no matter where I'm at I stop. |
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willardguy
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when a motorcyclist is in need of help he will place his helmet on the ground by the front tire. wouldnt it be great if there was a similar signal for
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
when a motorcyclist is in need of help he will place his helmet on the ground by the front tire. wouldnt it be great if there was a similar signal for
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Maybe a little pyramid of Tecate cans? MT....of course.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
when a motorcyclist is in need of help he will place his helmet on the ground by the front tire. wouldnt it be great if there was a similar signal for
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So....being on my knees in the "prayer posture" is not the correct thing to do?
Even for an agnostic?
Don't believe everything you think....
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
when a motorcyclist is in need of help he will place his helmet on the ground by the front tire. wouldnt it be great if there was a similar signal for
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Maybe a little pyramid of Tecate cans? MT....of course. |
lolno ones gonna stop if they're MT!
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