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Fortunately, this county will dispatch a deputy pretty quickly on a stranded motorist call, so I just get non-emergency dispatch on the handsfree while I make a slow pass, looking for hiding places, using a 140 lumen light at night. I've had one shut the hood and drive off as soon as I cranked up the light. If there are any good hiding spots too close to the "victim's" car, then I'll tell dispatch something doesn't seem right (I swear, with some dispatchers that phrase seems to get someone out there quicker than an unmistakable description of a serious crime in progress) and stop far enough away that anyone coming out of hiding will have plenty of ground to cover, then stay at my car and let the "victim" come to me if they want help. If it still seems fishy, a couple minutes of stalling (hunting for a wrench or whatever sounds plausible) will delay things until the deputy shows up.

If my wife is with me, she knows where the car gun is and will have it in her hand out of sight before we stop. My carry gun stays on me, of course.