To think DH did nothing wrong here?

Maybe her was protecting other drivers who may come hurtling into the back of her, injuring themselves.

@AppleKatie he wasnt just “protecting her” he was protecting all the other innocent people that could have been injured/gone to prison for killing her had they not been aware of her broken down car on a blind corner…..the way she was dealing with her situation was reckless to others as well as herself.

I mean I guess if I was OP and couldn’t offer her her myself, I would have explained the above and told her I would be sending my husband to help so she was at least aware he wasn’t a “random man”

Why didn’t you stay with her instead of your husband?

OP, I hope you respect his decision for the future. It's completely fair, IMO, especially after aggressive police treatment. Not worth the hassle and suspicion.

Your husband did nothing wrong. Thanks to you both for saving a life - which could possibly be hers.

We ask men to step up all the time and when they do, we slap their wrists. I can see why some just mind their business.

We are conditioned to fear men, and with good reason, but I hope he continues to help in any way he can. It's a terrible state of affairs.

Jesus wept. He quite possibly saved her life today from some vehicle hurtling round the bend and smashing straight into her car. And she called the cops?! I think he did the right thing and I’d have been extremely grateful.

She is not U for feeling frightened but she is U for calling the police on him.

If she refused his offer to stay he shouldn’t have sat around the corner with his hazards on. That’s a bit infantilising. I’d be annoyed and probably a little suspicious if a stranger asked me if I wanted some help and then, when I refused, did it anyway.

If you're that much of an idiot that you're prepared to risk your own life and that of other drivers then you clearly do need to be infantalised.

I think you're husband tried to do the right thing but he would have been better off just putting out a red triangle or cone, or even just waiting before the bend himself (like he did in the end). Instead it sounds like he put a lot of effort into convincing her to get in his car. Those things about the wife and house, even his name, could easily be lies.
I'm also wondering how big this bend is, if cars on the straight couldn't see her but she hadn't got round the bend and so couldn't see the houses.

Yeah, she's a dick. Your DH offered, she said no - end of.

Had he tried to get onto the car or propositioned her, she'd have a point. As it was, he'd put comes put to draw attention to the car. What sex offender is going to do that?!

Nobody did anything wrong here.

The woman was scared and that's perfectly reasonable.

It would probably been better if OP had gone to help instead.

Tell your husband he's a star. She was scared as she probably hadn't come across people who are kind.

I think your husband did the right thing. I live rurally and if a car was broke down like that on a corner I would do exactly the same. Your husband was only trying to protect her and your neighbours. Christ we just can’t think every man is out to kill us.

“My wife called me” could have been a lie to gain her trust
”do you want to wait in my driveway, it’s just round there?” Could have been a ruse to get her into his house, or to get her out of her car so he could overpower her.

I am sure he had the best intentions but I can see why it freaked her out. I would not have waited in a strange man’s driveway (though I wouldn’t have waited in the car either!)

But what about the driveway comment. How was this lady supposed to get to the OP's drive to stand on it? He must have offered her a lift. If I had an unknown man offer me a lift to his home and, when I declined, he stayed in his car near me, then I would be a bit freaked out.

I broke down on a rural NSL road in the fog and stood off the roadside with my 2 year old waiting for recovery. I was really grateful to the 2 or 3 men who stopped to ask if I was okay, if they could help or suggested I could walk to a house not too far along who would perhaps let me in. Lots of people still appreciate a good deed. Sorry your DH had a hard time OP.

"if you’re in your own and somebody offers to help, just accept ffs. people are good and altruistic on the whole, and being attacked by a stranger is vanishingly rare."

Is that a serious comment? If so, thank goodness your ability to persuade is limited.

Oh. So he wasn’t concerned for her? Just for your neighbours?

what did you mean by sit in his car?

😄😄 if I called the met police, they would NOT come out, and would say he's just being friendly

Because he offered for her to wait on their drive, meaning he would have said, “I live in that house; do you want to wait on our drive where it’s safer.” So she would have given the police the address. Obviously.

And indeed, he was not just saving randoms, he was concerned about his own neighbours having an accident with this woman, as his wife nearly did.

@Marblesbackagain His offer to get in the car is beyond weird and would have had me ringing the police.

"Men, be sure to speak up and protect women... but also, be sure that you don't protect women because it's weird."

I expect the woman recorded his plates

Licence plate?