Re: Compression Fittings On Brake Lines

From: TerribleTom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Thu May 12 2005 - 23:15:16 EDT


Andy Levy wrote:
> On 5/12/05, Jason Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
>
>>I get what you did, but I would say that it's not your job to save people
>>from themselves. Make sure he understands that what he's describing is
>>not a good idea, but in the end if he insists then it's his choice.
>
>
> I understand where you're coming from, Jason, but when brakes are
> concerned, it's not just saving someone from himself - if those brakes
> fail in traffic, or on a hill, or in any kind of emergency situation,
> it could hurt a LOT more people. If it was "no, I won't sell you a
> 1-ton jack to hold up your Ram while you crawl under it for 3 hours"
> that'd be attempting to protect him from himself.

Bingo. I'm all for Darwin awards. Stupid people wanna take themselves
outta the gene pool? Let'em! But I'm not going to place myself in a
position where (hypothetically) the relatives of injured/dead, come
after my ass because they found out I sold a compression fitting to a
guy who used it on his trucks brakes, and had it fail and head on
collide with a minivan. Not to mention guilt I would feel in that
hypothetical situation.

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