On 6/14/2014 8:27 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>
> You must have both lots of money and these 'pros' every couple of
> miles of highway to make that viable. Plus a cell phone to call the
> 'pro'... plus cell phone coverage.
>
> Is there some reason licensed drivers can't apply common sense? If
> they're too dense to safely change a tyre, should they be let loose on
> public roads to begin with? It's just a tyre. It's not hard to teach
> safe practices.
>

Lots of drivers are too stupid to do a roadside change. Even smart
drivers don't have any control over the road surfaces that they have to
set the jack on. I've taken tires off lots of times and unless the
jacking surface is pretty much perfect, being able to reliably support
the car at one point with those flimsy jacks that come with the car is a
shaky proposition.

The last time my daughter was stuck with a busted tire, it was on an
incline and I pretty sure that only a fool would have tried to change
the tire under that condition. As it goes, I don't want any member of my
family to change a tire unless they have a lot of experience doing it.