I never said anything about a tow truck or repairs. I said move over and put your flashers on.

It’s called being considerate. Just like not tying your shoe in the middle of a hallway.

People need to get to work. To, you know, earn the money to pay for the car repair, and food, and such.

This can very well apply to the people behind too.

Anyway, I think "it's not your fault, but it is your responsibility" applies here.

Personally, I just expect people to have some self-awareness, respect for other people's time, and respect for the two-ton death machines we're all driving around. (Slow drivers can be just as much a safety hazard as fast drivers.) In most cases of driving slowly, putting the hazard lights on is enough to fulfill all the above.

As an example of a more extreme case, it's customary in my area for vehicles slowing traffic where there are few opportunities to pass to pull off the road periodically to relieve the traffic built up behind them. That's also perfectly understandable.

The leeway can only go so far though. If you get yourself into a situation where you have to be a significant obstacle for other people and don't at least acknowledge it, it doesn't matter if you're working two jobs and only have 15 minutes to drive between them or whatever. It's your responsibility to make yourself not an obstacle and reasonable for others to take issue with you if you don't.

I had to drive what was normally a 6 hour drive home with my car stuck in 2nd gear! Couldn't go over about 40. I avoided highways where I could, but if I'd done it the whole way home it would've taken me like 18 hours instead of 9. Most people saw the flashers and understood, but some people didn't seem to understand and honked. I don't get it. I also don't like causing inconvenience but am able to logic my way out of it, as that was my only real option, so people were just gonna have to deal with it.

P.S. Usually the donuts can go 55mph, though I do realize it's possible your car said otherwise, in which case listen to it, but also that's crazy.

Yeah, when I was a kid I'd flip people off and whatnot but as I've grown older I've just realized it usually isn't worth getting angry. Usually I just don't even react.

I did get angry when someone else nearly hit a pedestrian, the pedestrian cursed them out in Spanish, then they said, I kid you not, "Calm down, I didn't see you!" I was on my motorcycle and hollered "No shit you didn't see them!" Just a crazy thing to say after nearly hitting someone with your 2 ton hunk of hurtling metal.