Growing up in Saskatchewan, prior to cell phones, it was common to encounter a car at the side of the road, and you’d slow and stop to check they were okay. They might not see another person pass by for hours, and could be in need of a rescue. We did save the lives of some elderly neighbours once who’d slipped into the ditch and couldn’t dig out and would have frozen if we’d not pulled their truck out and got them warmed up.
The other week I noticed this amazing story of a woman who used Facebook to send out an SOS, and people identified where she was and found a farmer able to come to her aid. The story gets more amazing:
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff 