Hey ladies out there please don’t try to set up a jack on your own
flag down somebody that knows what they’re doing
You can easily get killed that way actually she’s very lucky
Could you rephrase that? Ladies who don’t know where to set the jack, and chock the wheels, put it in park, set the brake, on level ground, please ask for help?
Although I have changed tires in my driveway, and even shown a couple guys where those notches on the frame are, and how you loosen the nuts before you start to jack, here’s a grateful
Thank you to the men who have stopped every single time I’ve had a flat on the road and done the dirty work, especially when I was pregnant with a toddler on an elevated highway with no shoulder.
Thank you to the Hispanic men who hardly spoke English who changed a tire for my elderly mother late one night in Newark.
And how about showing the ladies in your life how to change a tire, because flagging down strangers on 95 comes with it’s own risks.
My dad wouldn’t let any of his six daughters drive until they could demonstrate to him the ability to change a tire. He didn’t want them to flag someone down because you never know who they might be. One of the things he always stressed was to never put your hands on top of the tire. If the jack slipped, you would be trapped. Too bad this woman never learned how to properly change a tire.