I have experienced this too.
But it only seems to apply to foreigners. in the same circumstances the English are unhelpful cunts..
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 13:57, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I dunno
5 different people stopped to help us get from Norwich to Portsmouth. One bloke took us 3 miles down the road just because where we were trying to hitch from was completely unsuitable.

Getting lifts in France was remarkably easy though, stereotypes be damned. One of them even fed us. Shame they have no concept of vegetarianism over there.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 14:00, Reply)

OK fine
the English Londoners.

I do generally find foreigners more willing to go out of their way to help you, even when you have only a rudimentary and childlike knowledge of their language, than I would expect them to be in this country.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 14:05, Reply)

I can't argue with that

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 14:12, Reply)