The Chase

It was about noon and it was raining fairly hard that day.  I noticed the minivan in front of me had a dangerously low left rear tire.  There was a middle age blond-haired woman driving the vehicle.  I was on my way to an appointment but I decided that it was much more needful to warn the driver of the condition of her tire.  I sped up and pulled alongside of the driver's side so as to get her attention.  I blew my horn and she looked in my direction.  I began to point towards the rear of her vehicle.  She immediately sped up.  I decided that she must be mistaken as to my intentions so I followed her.  Up ahead was a red traffic light.  "Good," I thought. Now I'll get her attention.  I pulled along side her passenger side at the red light, rolled down my window and blew my horn to get her attention.  The young lady stared straight ahead as if in a trance.  I blew my horn again and finally she she turned her head slightly in my direction as if expecting a lewd remark from me.  I motioned for her to roll her window down which she did slightly.  "Miss, your left rear tire is very low and you really need to put some air in it", I said.  Immediately she let out a noticeable sigh and the terror left her face for the first time since I attempted to get her attention.  "Oh, thank you so much", she said.  I nodded and drove off to go to my appointment.
All the way down the road I wondered "Do I really look that intimidating?" 
Dennis