Car trouble - H

So, the ignition coils on my car need to be replaced. I don't know what that means, but it affects the car's power and makes it feel more sluggish. Well, today as I was waiting to merge onto El Camino from the I85 off ramp, it essentially died. The engine was still on, but I couldn't accelerate. I turned the car on and off a few times, and then I lost power steering too. So, I had to get out of my car to push it out of the way b/c I was blocking cars behind me. The person in the car behind me helped push the car a few feet, enough to pull her car out from behind mine and then rushed off. The car still wasn't a safe distance from the exit though. I struggled to push and steer the car by myself for a couple of minutes and in that time was wondering if anyone in the 50 cars on the road felt any amount of pity that a little woman was pushing this big car by herself!

One man stopped and another guy who looked like he might have been homeless pushed me a few more feet to a safer distance from the exit, but I still didn't feel any amount of care and concern from my fellow man. (sigh) Maybe this is a faulty memory, but wasn't there a day when people would just stop to help and go a little more out of their way than these folks did? Maybe I'm living in another reality. Maybe I should just be thankful for the amount of help that I got. Maybe they just expected me to have a cell phone and that I would be fine by myself. Maybe the lesson here is that I should get a cell phone?? Nah.