Brezza stuck in a roadwork hole on a busy lane easily rescued by XUV700

The driver of the Maruti was so stressed out that he applied the brakes when I was pulling the car out with my SUV.

BHPian abirnale recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

This happened today. Just another day in #NammaBengaluru.

There was this large pothole/under-construction lane and the Brezza front left tire got stuck in it. The car was simply going forward and without any signs, the front tire just sank in - that's what it looked like. It was a very deep hole. The rear-right tire went up in the air.

I approached the vehicle in that narrow lane from the opposite side in order to cut the traffic and make it faster to home. The school/college kids walking in that lane for lunch were laughing at the middle-aged stressed driver/owner of the vehicle. The passerby vehicles honked at him non-stop and his co-passenger stuck in the seat as the door could not be opened. How insensitive people can be? A sure-shot moment for getting freaked out for that driver!

There was one good soul though who was trying to help the gentleman. He was trying to put some stones, lift the bonnet and whatnot. Though the technique to rescue the stuck car may not be right, that soul’s intent was right.

As I approached the car, I realised, I could help this car! I didn’t want to create a scene - so I pulled over a little further, and gently approached the driver/owner of the car - he without any hesitation, asked for help. Rest is what happened in the video that was captured on the dashcam - rear feed, unedited.

A tip for the car that is getting rescued - the driver in the car should put the gear in N, and not use brakes unless about to hit something. And my instructions were disregarded by the stressed driver anyway - can’t blame the driver, he was visibly stressed out.

So in the hope to pay it forward, TheRedSparkle pulled the Brezza backward! I am sure the person will remember the incident for sure and someday will help someone else and the chain might just come back at me to help me someday when I need it.

Long story short, I think I will leave the tow-hook as-is for now.

Here's what BHPian Ravi Parwan had to say about the matter:

LoL, if a picture is worth 1000 words, a video has to be worth 10,000!

My heart was in my mouth seeing the person applying brakes when you are pulling his car.

Kudos to you for helping out a person in need.

Here's what BHPian swiftnfurious had to say about the matter:

That's a great gesture. Kudos to you.

Very true! People just love seeing others suffer - how the mobile cameras come out at an accident site shows the level of insensitivity of the current population. I always wonder what do they get doing it. Less said about the current gen, the better. I had once 3 students on a bike indicate that my tyre was punctured when I was waiting at the signal. Parked it a little ahead to check after the signal turned green, only to realise that they were having their fun time doing it.

Here's what BHPian Amrit@wheels had to say about the matter:

Salute to you, kind sir.

As you stated, people just love to watch others suffer and instead of helping someone, they'll just keep shouting and honking to make things even worse. I have a similar story to share, sadly without a dashcam footage.

There was a puliya (large pipe under the road) being installed on a nearby road. An old uncle in his Duster couldn't brake on time and the front wheels of the car got buried in the ditch. To make things worse, it was raining non-stop.

We were travelling to a nearby gurdwara in our 2010 Fortuner. We had just upgraded the tyres to CrossContact ATs. My father and I looked at each other, and without uttering a word we understood the task. He got down to get the towing rope, I overtook around 3 vehicles between me and Duster via the unpaved side and got the Fortuner in position. We attached the rope and within 2 minutes, the Duster was out.

The old gentleman was very grateful and he even tried offering me some money, but we politely declined and proceeded towards our trip to the gurdwara.

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