as offensive as unsolicited offers of help may seem, it's worse when you really do need help and you tell one of those kindly people that you are indeed in distress, only to see them zoom on down the road. I was having a serious mechanical problem on the side of the road a few weeks back and at least three guys asked, "are you ok?". I said, "no, I'm not ok," all three times and none of them stopped. I can't imagine why they bothered to ask!!! I have been guilty of asking if someone needed help, but that was only because I was fully prepaired to stop and render assistance if needed, but I suspect the majority who ask aren't.