go ahead help someone in trouble

DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 495 IN THE BOSTON AREA IT WAS RAINING PRETTY HARD.  I WAS TRAVELLING IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE WHEN I NOTICED SOMEONE AHEAD OF ME COMPLETELY STOPPED IN THE SAME HIGH SPEED LANE. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE CAR IN TIME TO QUICKLY PULL OVER INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE!  I LOOKED OVER TO THE CAR AND THERE WAS A WOMAN  INSIDE JUST SITTING STILL.  I WAITED FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR SO I COULD CROSS THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. WHEN I GOT TO THE CAR, THE WOMAN WAS CRYING AND NEAR SHOCK FROM FEAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET HER OUT OF THE CAR AND CALM HER DOWN.  AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES SHE THANKED ME AND THEN SHE SAID TO ME   " OH MY - YOUR CAR IS MOVING". THAT'S RIGHT.  I HAD A STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND IT HAD SLIPPED INTO GEAR AND WAS MOVING AWAY ALL BY ITSELF. THE CAR HEADED INTO THE FIRST LANE AND CONTINUED INTO THE SECOND LANE AND THEN THE THIRD UNTIL IT HAD COMPLETELY CROSSED THE HIGHWAY.  OK THAT WAS CLOSE BECAUSE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS NICE ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING MY CAR. THEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. ONCE THE CAR CROSSED THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY IT TURNED AND CROSSED THE HIGHWAY AGAIN! THIS TIME THE TRAFFIC STARTED BEEPING AT MY CAR LIKE THERE WAS A PERSON IN IT NOT DRIVING TOO WELL. WHAT WAS I TO DO? I COULDN'T TELL THE TRAFFIC THAT I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY CAR.  WELL IT MADE IT ACROSS AGAIN,  HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND STOPPED. I TURNED BACK TO THE WOMAN I'D BEEN HELPING AND SAID OK - BACK TO YOUR PROBLEM! THE TWO OF US PUSHED HER CAR OFF THE ROAD AND I STAYED WITH HER UNTIL HELP ARRIVED.  AS FOR MY CAR - IT WAITED FOR ME UP AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL. MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THE SAFETY OF THE POOR WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN TOTALLY SCARED WHILE STUCK IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE!

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Dennis Stack (website) on Friday, 09 March 2012 02:42

No good deed goes unpunished.

No good deed goes unpunished.
Tom Cormier (website) on Friday, 09 March 2012 13:20

I just read this to Chris and Justin. What a ridiculous situation. Great story!!By the way. Why was her car stopped to begin with? Was it broken?

I just read this to Chris and Justin. What a ridiculous situation. Great story!!By the way. Why was her car stopped to begin with? Was it broken?
Christine Cormier (website) on Friday, 09 March 2012 16:26

Johnny, this sounds like a bad dream! Thank you for stopping and helping her. When I leave the driveway two things always cross my mind, where would I be able to pull off the road if something should happen to the truck and who do I call for help. Our truck has been used so much that at any time you just never know what could happen. The cell phone comes in handy for the unknown. I would not want to have the truck die in the fast lane and I usually have Bob with me so I tend to stay to the right, which makes Tom want to drive when we are together.
Thanks for sharing, Chris

Johnny, this sounds like a bad dream! Thank you for stopping and helping her. When I leave the driveway two things always cross my mind, where would I be able to pull off the road if something should happen to the truck and who do I call for help. Our truck has been used so much that at any time you just never know what could happen. The cell phone comes in handy for the unknown. I would not want to have the truck die in the fast lane and I usually have Bob with me so I tend to stay to the right, which makes Tom want to drive when we are together. Thanks for sharing, Chris
collette cormier (website) on Friday, 09 March 2012 20:26

Great story Dad!! Just like you to be kind to a stranger and help her out as much as you did all the time watching your car be driven by a ghost. Thanks for sharing,
Collette

Great story Dad!! Just like you to be kind to a stranger and help her out as much as you did all the time watching your car be driven by a ghost. Thanks for sharing, Collette
JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER (website) on Saturday, 10 March 2012 01:08

Only you could have something like that happen to them, only you! And I know you've got hundreds of them to tell. I can't wait!

JC

Only you could have something like that happen to them, only you! And I know you've got hundreds of them to tell. I can't wait! JC