On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:45:41 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>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.

I'm getting the impression from this thread that things are very
different between our countries, on this topic at least. We have
drivers here who can't change a tyre and would call for help, but
they're in an extreme minority and confined to the cities. This whole
discussion simply wouldn't happen here.

>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.

Okay. But you do know you can still drive on a flat tyre until you can
find a safe place to change it? I've done that many times.