Re: 50 miles???
"What? Doesn't everybody have essential breakdown equipment in their car?"
These days? No. Very few even seem to be able to change wheel if they get a flat (or the car doesn't even have a spare, just a can of foam sealant. Most people these days seem to rely on the AA or similar for every type of break down.
Just today I say a car broken down on a main road, "parked" mostly out of a left turn junction (from his point of view). He was on the grass on the phone. He didn't even have the presence of mind to push the car a few yards back onto the side road. Theoretically, it might have been a fault which immobilised the car, in which case I apologise for calling him a twat under my breath as a drove past on the wrong side of the road avoiding him.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
