flat tire last week on highway,,,need advice

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i was driving my normal long drive home last week and about halfway there I had a tire blow out on me, heres where it get good...

I was working on my truck a few days before and realized quiclky my jack and iron were still in the truck bed safe at home...so realizing my stupidity and shameful unpreparedness i call my dad and he was in short time making the 30 minute trip. it was growing darker on the 4 lane rural highway and luckily i did have my beretta on my hip and 2 police officers stopped by. what was disconcerting was that a stranger stopped to see what was going on, he was an older gentleman and mt first reaction was to move to the rear of my car since he stopped in front and was blocking my car. As he moved around I did my best to be polite and wander around the car "looking for damage" s it remained between me and him at all times. he turned out seeming only to want to help and I did all i could to be cordial and a safe distance away. any insight on how to deal with the good samaritans while staying high yellow?
 
Move towards, extend hand, smile, "How do you do! Thanks for stopping."

Gauge their reaction.

You'll know what they're about in a few seconds.

What put you so much on edge? Coming home from a scary movie?
 
about 3 weeks ago a college student in this area was nearly beaten to death and robbed while accepting "help" changing his tire from a total stranger. I did appreciate the sincerity after i was relatively sure it was sincere, but i have people who depend on me coming home and I didn;t know this man from adam. I am learing more and more in the crumbling society we have that it is better to be skeptical than sorry
 
I would also be careful accepting help, I've heard too many bad stories.
I live in the boonies and when i travel its mostly through farm country and i feel comfortable accepting help from most heart-land farmers.
 
Relax and learn to read people better. Trust your gut. It's possible to remain safe without making everyone you encounter think you're a delusional paranoid.

You don't have to establish a reactionary distance from everyone. You need to establish your personal space and leave yourself some room to maneuver but you don't have to keep an object between yourself and everyone you meet.

Jeff
 
he was an older gentleman and mt first reaction was to move to the rear of my car since he stopped in front and was blocking my car.
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you discerned he was a "gentleman" I do not think you need to fear gentleman.

I generally do not worry much about older gentleman.

Sometimes I think a state of awareness leads to a state of paranoia.
 
i suppose your right but our city is becoming quite dispicable, and i hate the idea of not coming home when something like space or an object could have made all the difference, for what its worth i did trust my gut, the initial reaction was to move away and i thought about just being paranoid but decided it wasnt worth it.
 
If you have your pistol, which you did, walk up to him and extend the hand you don't shoot with. A good samaritan will shake your hand and start talking about how to help, if he's up to no good you still have your gun hand free to defend yourself.
 
I am right handed. I would extend my left hand. Unusual, yes, but could easily be played off.
 
if a person doesnt want to extend the weak hand out for a handshake, its easiest to draw a handgun using hte strong hand, as thats normally the side the gun is holstered on.
Besides if the "good samaritan" pokes a question about your weak side hand having a weak screwy grip, just say "boot camp incident" and theyll think your a psycho fresh home from iraq and quickly get scared away...at least in theory considering the stories of how soldiers come home trigger happy.

as for a good samaritan coming to your aid, unless you look like you just got off a shift at HOOTERS you really arent gonna run into it.
 
Personally, I have a policy concerning samaritanism: If I'm not wearing a gun AND I don't have a friend with me, I'm not stopping. A few years ago we had a few incidents 2 counties over where people who stopped to help a "Broken down car" were beaten and then had their car stolen.

Good people are out there, and it's a shame that some people do stuff to make it dangerous to just be a nice guy, but that's how it is.
 
I'd be more worried about getting hit by an impaired or inattentive driver than getting robbed on the side of the road.

If this guy was looking to do something to you, is letting him chase you around your car sending the right message?
 
i don't think that you are being paranoid. you are alone away from any help. my manager was at the beach with his daughter. some guys beat him up for his daughter's jet ski.

i was in the bad side of town and saw two shady guys walking along the restaurant. i walked around them. one saw the close sign and yelled, "f**k." i'm not going to extend any extra courtesy or trust so someone can stick a knife in me before i can draw my gun.

today, i was in a convenience store eating. a customer was making friendly but unusual chat. i saw the look on the owners face and raised myself to color orange. robbers sometimes friendly chat to catch their prey off guard.
 
lol, aarp gang.

but seriously, i've heard of well dressed criminals. a lady once told me that a well dressed man gave a stange look at her. he charged her tackled her. she hit her head that required stitches. she stayed in fetal position and clutched her backpack and he ran away.
 
flat tire last week on highway,,,need advice
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Change it...........

No, seriously, I suppose you did fine. In my neck of the woods you would have been thought awfully strange for being so unfriendly. On the same note, you went home that night and there are folks around here who never made it, so I suppose you did just fine.
 
I would not extend my hand to someone in that situation. I have heard stories of people offering a handshake to lower the victim's guard. When the victim grabs the attacker's hand for the handshake, the attacker pulls the victim in and stabs him with the knife he was concealing in his other hand.
 
damn i grew up in anacostia and lived in ne and se dc and wssn't that nervous there.have times gotten that bad?
 
Jeff Cooper advised never to let anyone take your hand on the street. (I asssume that it is okay to shake hands for business purposes:)) I never let anybody on the street touch me. In a situation like you were in, I would give a hearty "Hey! How are you today?" but not shake. While I am not really paranoid, I follow the advice of the masters.
 
When was the last time an old codger attacked a grown man without provocation?

IF it wee a kid dressed as a gangster then yea, but an old man?

Jeff cooper was a master of pistol combat sure....but a master of tire changing? Master of walking down the street? Once the stuff has hit the fan you follow his advice, but living your life asking "what would Jeff Cooper do?" is a bit extreme.
 
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