Re: Tampa man dies when cars falls from jack

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <37A22297.5B483787@home.com> Samir Shah writes:

> A news story I found - please be careful when working under cars. Samir.

> Tampa man dies when cars falls from jack

At the Coy's Festival RallySprint last night, one of the cars had a brake
problem.  It came back to the pit/service area under an awning attached
to a truck.  The mechanic hoisted the car very quickly using a trolley
jack, whipped the wheel off, and dived under the car.  I was standing
right next to him, and proffered the pointed advice that the wheel
should be dropped under the side of the car he was working on as an
emergency 'chock' in case the jack failed.  It's what we _always_ used
to do when I was rallying.

I got a stream of abuse.  "What the &%$* do _you_ know about it?"

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