I've been on the motorway twice in the last few days and have seen women on the hard-shoulder obviously having problems with their cars. I won't stop these days a) for my own safety and b) because they'd probably be frightened if I did.
A few years ago when going into motorway services areas there regularly used to be lads trying to sell watches and jewellery. They used to have some old sob story about being a rep and having so many left-over that they'd be in trouble with their boss, or that they'd been let down by a customer etc. The watches, that were very heavy and shiny, were obviously fakes at the prices that they were being offered at but there were always plenty of mugs willing to buy them because they thought they were getting a bargain.
