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Mechanic killed after Jeep ‘lurched forward’ following oil change. Vehicle owner sued
The Charlotte Observer ^
| May 5, 2022
| Kaitlyn Alanis
Posted on 05/05/2022 1:32:59 PM PDT by gitmo
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To: V_TWIN
My jeep is automatic but it won’t even turn over until a butt is firmly behind the wheel.I'll have to try that out on my vehicle.
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:54:05 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
To: gitmo
Idiot “lube technician” (what a title) probably turned on the ignition and popped the clutch with his colleague still working on the engine. That would definitely cause a manual transmission vehicle to “lurch”. And the relatives of the deceased must be even dumber. Who’s the employer of the aforementioned idiot and who’s going to have the deeper pockets? A Jeep owner or the Oil Change business?
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:54:43 PM PDT
by
katana
To: V_TWIN
Young actor Anton Yelchin was killed when his Jeep lurched.
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:55:00 PM PDT
by
Mears
( )
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
If you press them all at the same time it does a reset on the car back to factory settings.If you do that once a week, you never have to change the oil.
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:55:27 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
To: Reno89519
The Lawyer that filed the case is going to name everyone involved in hope that some of them will have a pot of gold.
The shop owner and the jeep owner’s INS company will both be forking out some cash.
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:56:06 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
("Per DNC instructions...Joy Reid is busy packing marbles up her @$$.")
To: Still Thinking
If they can hold gun manufacturers libel for misuse of a gun then they can hold car manufacturers libel for misuse of cars.🙄
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:56:52 PM PDT
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
To: gitmo
Maybe because he has pockets at least deep enough to afford a Jeep.
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posted on
05/05/2022 1:59:27 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: gitmo
It’s due to the sue crazy society we live in.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:00:37 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
To: eastforker
Even if someone was watching standing around drinking coffee while the accident happened.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:01:44 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
To: gitmo
If anything, the dealership should be liable. How many 19 year old employees know how to drive a stick?
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:10:19 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: Vigilanteman
I could drive a straight drive at 15.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:14:54 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
To: gitmo
Thompson told authorities that he did not have a driver’s license, records show, and he did not know how to operate vehicles with manual transmissions. The 19-year-old also said he’d never taken a driver education class or been taught how to use stick shift vehicles. The stealership is screwed, as is Thompson, but the focus will be on the deep pockets.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:15:32 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
You would think they would ask those things before hiring the lad.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:17:34 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
To: gitmo
My jeep is automatic but it won’t even turn over until a butt is firmly behind the wheel.
I'll have to try that out on my vehicle.
The thing I like the most about my 1996 RAV4 is that I can reach in and crank it without even setting my jaw right. Plus, it runs so quietly that I once left it running when I took a day flight to Nashville and back and it was still puffing away sitting in the long term parking lot in the busiest airport in the country.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:25:15 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: gitmo
You bet, and someone got killed because of that. Companies tell people they’ll train them, turns out most of the time there is little or training. They apparently didn’t even check to see if he was qualified/licensed to drive a car. Being crushed to death is not a good way to go.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:28:46 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: gitmo
If you are under 40, then you grew up in flyover country. Few can.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:29:50 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: Vigilanteman
I’ll be 70 in a couple weeks.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:31:59 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
To: gitmo
Or when having an automatic was not cool, something old folks drove.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:33:48 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: gitmo
The lawyers probably figured out they could get more money out of the owner than the technician driving it who probably turned the ignition key without stepping on the clutch.
To: gitmo; All
The Jeep was in gear. Another case of incompetence.
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posted on
05/05/2022 2:42:35 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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