Driving skills
Posted by: muckypaws
19th May 2014 12:52pm
Brad
- 7th Feb 2015 05:17pm
Ipullman: "Calling out the RAA (in SA) to change a wheel is not a viable solution even if you only drive in the city..."
Why not? In WA, the RAC (apparently WA's most respected service organisation) does this regularly, for members. Most folk I know (my wife and sons included) do know how to change a tyre. I'd rather my wife stayed in her car on the freeway... and called emergency help. So many Aussies are killed annually, changing a tyre by the roadside, unseen by the driver of the car or truck that kills them.
If one believes changing a car's tyre to be a skill assessed for a driver's licence, then it should also follow that drivers should be required to carry large reflecting warning triangles, to be erected a hundred metres and fifty metres behind the vehicle. Drivers should also be required to carry a torch and a reflective vest as part of their equipment, if this skill is to be included in licensing requirements.
Sounds a little silly, doesn't it? Why not simply pay for roadside assistance, let an expert do the job... and protect our loved ones?
Help Caféstudy members by responding to their questions, or ask your own in Café Chat, and you will get the chance of earning extra rewards. Caféstudy will match these and donate equally to our two chosen Australian charities.