Let me start off by saying that there is at least one tow truck in Honduras. In two years of living here, I have seen it once. It was being towed.
Imagine yourself 10 miles outside of the nearest town. Your cell phone is dead and you have just blown a head gasket. In Honduras there is no AAA service or 1-800 number to get someone to come help you. So what do you do when you break down, since Murphy's law states that it will happen in the most inopportune time and place? Trust the Hondurans to take care of you.