Two strangers after midnight

They walked right up next to her driver side window. Sally knew they were trying to decide if they should rob her.

She was on her way back from Las Vegas (lost wages) and she ran out of gas. It was three o’clock in the morning and she was stranded in the middle of the desert, more than twenty miles from a gas station.

Two men stopped their vehicle in front of her car and just sat talking to each other as one of them kept pointing back at her car.

After a few minutes they both walked over to her car.

As soon as they opened their car doors Sally put her cell phone up to her ear and she pretended she was talking to someone.

She also rolled down her driver side window less than an inch. She did this quickly, before they arrived because she knew that sometimes when you roll down an electric window on the driver’s side it goes all the way down and she didn’t want that to happen when the two men where standing beside her vehicle.

Both men came and stood beside her window as she continued to pretend to have a conversation.
Finally one of the men said, ‘Are you okay?’

‘Just a minute.’ Said to the person she was pretending to talk to and then she turned to the men outside her car and said, ‘I’m fine. Help will arrive very soon.’

Then she resumed her pretend cell phone conversation.

The men stood next to her car door for about another minute or two and then turned and walked back to their own car.

They got back in their car and began talking and pointing at Sally.
They did this for about ten minutes.

They looked very suspicious. Sally was certain that they were trying to decide whether or not they should rob her.

Finally they drove off and a couple hours later a tow truck arrived with five gallons of gas for Sally’s car and she drove to the nearest gas station and then home.

This night could have ended very different for Sally; however she did a few things that helped her survive.

Here are some tips to remember if you ever get stranded and you’re approached by someone suspicious.

1) Call or pretend to be talking to someone on your cell phone.
Someone else could hear what was going on, at least from the perspective of the men who approached Sally.

2) If you are going to roll down your window to talk to someone, do it early enough so that if it went all the way down, you’d have enough time to roll it back up and make sure it was only open about one inch.

3) Tell the stranger you’re fine and that help will be arriving soon. This will make the stranger consider that any minute help would arrive, making it risky for them to try anything.

4) Avoid the 10 to 4 window. According to the F.B.I. most crimes happen between 10 pm and 4 am so try not to be out during these hours if possible.

5) Bring someone with you, especially if you’re taking a long road trip. There’s safety in numbers and the conversation will help keep you awake.

6) Try to fill your gas tank when you’re down to a quarter tank. That way you won’t risk running out of gas.

7) Have your windows tinted in the darkest tint allowed by law. That makes it hard for anyone to see whether or not you’re alone in your car.

8) And of course, take a street self-defense course that focuses on realistic moves that can save your life.

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For your safety,

Kubler Al