The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Monday, November 2, 2015
Er . . . Oops?
I'll let this video clip (which I'm told is from somewhere in Russia) speak for itself.
One of the first lessons that a tow truck driver learns when pulling a vehicle back onto it's wheels is to set the parking brake, and turn off the ignition.
Once it lands on the wheels, it will tend to roll as far as the slack in the chains or cable will allow. In addition, quite often the chain hooks will disengage due to the bounce when the suspension and tires compress and rebound. It becomes a mad scramble to throw something in front of a tire to stop the movement :D
With fuel injection, engines will run while the vehicle is laying on it's side. If the driver didn't bother to kill the engine before bailing out, what do you think the chances are that it's still in gear?
midway through I'm going 'oops' just like you.
ReplyDeleteat the end I was laughing and thinking "If at first you don't succeed, try try again"
I'm impressed with how calmly they seemed to take events.
I love the first part where Ivan seems to say to Nikoli "Maybe we ought to get out of the way before these idiots start."
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Wow. That cat took off pretty quick.
ReplyDeleteWe now know what Russian for, "ya, you made that worse." is.
ReplyDeleteOne of the first lessons that a tow truck driver learns when pulling a vehicle back onto it's wheels is to set the parking brake, and turn off the ignition.
ReplyDeleteOnce it lands on the wheels, it will tend to roll as far as the slack in the chains or cable will allow. In addition, quite often the chain hooks will disengage due to the bounce when the suspension and tires compress and rebound. It becomes a mad scramble to throw something in front of a tire to stop the movement :D
With fuel injection, engines will run while the vehicle is laying on it's side. If the driver didn't bother to kill the engine before bailing out, what do you think the chances are that it's still in gear?
There's no oops on Youtube like a Russian oops!
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