Everyone has needed a hand and not been able to find one. Other people are busy, or it does not occur to them to offer. This social experiment tests that with a staged car breakdown. Hammy, the creator behind it, set up a fake broken-down car and waited to see who would stop.
Two hours of cars driving past
According to the original write-up, it took two hours before anyone stopped. People kept driving by. That wait is the main finding of the experiment: help is not always available on a road, even for a driver who is visibly in trouble.
Who finally stopped
The person who stopped was a man in need himself. Hammy was touched by his story and started a crowdfunding page to help him. The second video above, a follow-up, shows what happened next.
Why the video resonated
Experiments like this work because the result is not planned. The camera records an ordinary choice and what follows from it. If you want more of the same format, the social experiments collection on this site includes street tests about helping strangers.
