This is the 2458th most frequent Russian word.
попросил
"Asked" or "requested."
In this sentence, 'попросил' is used to express a request made by the subject (he) towards another person (me) for help.
Он попросил меня помочь ему с домашним заданием.
He asked me to help him with his homework.
Here, 'попросил' conveys the speaker's action of requesting their friend's arrival at an earlier time.
Я попросил друга прийти раньше.
I asked my friend to arrive earlier.
In this sentence, 'попросила' illustrates the subject's (she) request to the driver for a specific action, which is stopping the car.