Ok so I was driving to my brothers house this evening ( house sitting...) and my truck overheated (just fixed...but evidently not fixed all the way..).

So I'm sitting in my truck waiting for it to cool down so I can get there (here) and I see this truck pull up ahead of me about a hundred yards and it beeps its horn.... I then see a figure dart across the road behind it...  guy gets out of the truck and follows the figure across the road....firmly escorts the young woman across to the truck and she gets in....seemingly willingly at this point...

She waits til he goes around the other side and gets out and goes across the street . He gets out and  follows her across the street and is now obviously trying to force her back to the truck. She's crying and saying leave me alone so I'm already out of the truck and headed towards them. At this point  he lets go (seeing me- Mind you I'm 6 foot 1 and 300 pounds) gets in his truck and leaves. I ask if she's ok and crying she says not to worry about it.  So he's down the road... I got his tag# just in case.  She watches to make sure he turns and goes away.  I ask her if she's alright one more time... She says yes and heads down the road  (She's young...17-19 maybe).

The guy was young... so I guess it was a relationship ending or something... who knows.... I'm just not going to stand by and watch that kind of thing happen.  You don't push on women/girls like that....

So maybe it was a good thing my truck is on its last leg...

Something like that happened to me a couple of years ago except the guy was beating on the girl in the street in front of my apartment.  I ran out (i'm 5'5" 140# but wiry...lol)  and i was carrying a Louisville Slugger.   The guy split but the girl's reaction was the same...."i'm ok...please stay out of it...".  "whatever..." i said.  "It's your ass...".  I went back to bed.

Never hurts to be a gentleman...even without a reward.  You did the right thing.  

I commend both of you ...takes a lot of guts and courage to do either of those things. Wish there were more people like you guys. And don't it figure...try to help somebody and they say "oh, go away.". Weird. Love the bike, the forum, and all of you.

C........

yes it does take a stout heart to do such a thing.  now i wonder how hard he would be trying to force her if she were packing somthing to change his mind? Mace? tazzer? H.E. Grenade? or maybe that new less then leathal gun that farts on you and eletricutes you?

It probably was a good thing to intervene.  some times people lose their cool and do things they don't mean too.  

Cops have to deal with this alot (what I learned from COPS).  domestic violence calls are sometimes the most dangerous because people are raging mad by the time the cops are called.  sometimes the victim will even turn on the cops when they decide to take down the abuser.

amazing isn't it, how the human creature can get so out of control when we don't think (or just forget) that others are watching.  Sometimes all it takes is an audience to bring someone back to their senses.... then again, sometimes a louisville slugger helps too.  

Good thing you were there. Sounds like both of them need the time to think. Hopefully, everything will work out.

Hope your truck is easily fixed.