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I would stop to help a lady in distress, BTW. I carry concealed so if it is a trap, it is going to get interesting real quick. On the other hand... I have driven right past men who are changing a tire and not so much as considered stopping. I guess I am old fashioned about things like this. I figure the men should know how to do "manly" things. Oh boy... I bet I am about to get in trouble with this post.

03Lightningrocks wrote:I would stop to help a lady in distress, BTW. I carry concealed so if it is a trap, it is going to get interesting real quick. On the other hand... I have driven right past men who are changing a tire and not so much as considered stopping. I guess I am old fashioned about things like this. I figure the men should know how to do "manly" things. Oh boy... I bet I am about to get in trouble with this post.

Not by me. Separate but equal is perfectly fine for me when it comes to the gender divide.

Fortunately, this county will dispatch a deputy pretty quickly on a stranded motorist call, so I just get non-emergency dispatch on the handsfree while I make a slow pass, looking for hiding places, using a 140 lumen light at night. I've had one shut the hood and drive off as soon as I cranked up the light. If there are any good hiding spots too close to the "victim's" car, then I'll tell dispatch something doesn't seem right (I swear, with some dispatchers that phrase seems to get someone out there quicker than an unmistakable description of a serious crime in progress) and stop far enough away that anyone coming out of hiding will have plenty of ground to cover, then stay at my car and let the "victim" come to me if they want help. If it still seems fishy, a couple minutes of stalling (hunting for a wrench or whatever sounds plausible) will delay things until the deputy shows up.

If my wife is with me, she knows where the car gun is and will have it in her hand out of sight before we stop. My carry gun stays on me, of course.

KD5NRH wrote:Fortunately, this county will dispatch a deputy pretty quickly on a stranded motorist call, so I just get non-emergency dispatch on the handsfree while I make a slow pass, looking for hiding places, using a 140 lumen light at night. I've had one shut the hood and drive off as soon as I cranked up the light. If there are any good hiding spots too close to the "victim's" car, then I'll tell dispatch something doesn't seem right (I swear, with some dispatchers that phrase seems to get someone out there quicker than an unmistakable description of a serious crime in progress) and stop far enough away that anyone coming out of hiding will have plenty of ground to cover, then stay at my car and let the "victim" come to me if they want help. If it still seems fishy, a couple minutes of stalling (hunting for a wrench or whatever sounds plausible) will delay things until the deputy shows up.

If my wife is with me, she knows where the car gun is and will have it in her hand out of sight before we stop. My carry gun stays on me, of course.

with your method of determining what's up and letting the "victim" come to you. And your wife being able to access the "car gun" while you stay armed is really smart.