driving

Question

"If a person is safe where he is or has a safe place to go (ie. hotel, rest area) nearby he can't go anywhere once it is 25 minutes after sunset." Is this psak different then the psak u (or Rav Gissenger) gave us on friday that its better to get a goy to drive u to a place where u can keep shabbos normally then to spend it by urself w/ no food/ shul etc..? Thanks.