Fascinating. Thanks for the update

Man, people can suck sometimes.

Unrelated to vehicles, - my grandfather sold all of my grandmother’s land when they got married to spite her family. So, yeah. People can suck.

Hell yeah. Extra points for Toyota; they’re the shit. I drive Fords because they’re available to me, but if I had my druthers, I’d rather drive a Toyota. Best vehicle I’ve ever owned was an 05 4Runner. Miss that thing. It would go everywhere.

Oh, that’s interesting. I didn’t realize it was still coming on during the initial startup. Definitely do those tests and let me know what happens.

Out of curiosity, what make and model is your truck? I haven’t dabbled much with any vehicles newer than, like, 2017, so I suppose it’s possible that they’ve changed the way the TPMS works.

My last vehicle was a 2010 Ford- TPMS worked fine; took the wheels off while the car was on jack stands in my driveway, and took them to my neighbor’s shop (~1/4 mile away) to mount and balance new tires. My son started the car to mess with the stereo while I was gone, and the TPMS light came on. Even after I replaced the wheels, with the same transmitters, it refused to acknowledge them. The light stayed on until I junked the vehicle last year.

As far as I know, that doesn’t happen. You typically have to program the TPMS monitoring system to search for certain transmitters.

Now, I’m just a somewhat skilled shadetree mechanic; I’m not claiming to be the source of all knowledge or anything, so I could be wrong.

If there aren’t any other vehicles around and you haven’t programmed the sensor, I’m gonna guess the light just stopped working.

Yeah but when the battery dies, the light on the dash stays on. It only turns off if it has a signal from the sensors that it’s programmed to look for and they all read proper pressure.

That does sound rather worrying. The good news is that those sensors only have a range of about 35ft tops, so it’s more likely that one of your neighbors stole your wheel, put a new tire on it, and are now using it on their car.

Any similarly-wheeled vehicles nearby?

1 paragraph horror stories

(Implying that whoever stole your tire is now stalking you)

Damnit! Kentucky sucks. We just got fiber last year :-[

Hell, how have I never thought of that? I’ll give it a gander!

How is a fish replying to me right now, am I tripping?

There’s a VR app called Wander that is specifically designed for this. I’ve been to the pyramids, Machu Picchu, random slums in Mexico, China… It’s pretty neat. Can also view historical photos in certain places.

Uhhhhhhhh… Are you inside a hangar at area 51?

It kills me that most workers seem to only want to get the job done at any expense, and they tend to get mad at people who get hurt on the job because it tightens up safety.

1. Why do you care so much? Make your money and go home happy. Fuck the guy who’s trying to milk your life dry.

2. The ramifications of hurt workers are directed much more towards management and their failure to properly address issues than they are toward workers who don’t follow policies. OSHA doesn’t even write people up, only employers. And it’s illegal to be retaliated against if you’re an employee who reports unsafe conditions.

I don’t think I read a single module in these classes that didn’t include some phrasing of “Blame the policy, blame the managers, do not blame the employees.” Like, the hands are the ones doing the work and have the best ideas of how to do things; therefore, your policies and practices should reflect that.

And people bitch and moan about their boss being a hard-ass, and then bend over backward to finish their task on record pace. It’s baffling.

This got a legitimate chuckle out of me.

I wish everyone was on the same page, lol. It kills me how brainwashed a lot of people are.

Imagine thinking someone goes into safety just to make their fellow blue collar workers’ jobs harder.

Y’know, I had a somewhat mean comment here, but I deleted it because my training has taught me that there’s always a root cause for behavior, and I gotta start practicing that

So let’s see:

All employees, ideally, would be involved in the paperwork. So if you’re working differently than what it says, there’s an issue.

Have you SEEN the JHA for the job? Were you made aware of all the hazards you may face, given the PPE required, and trained properly? If not, then I’ll go have a talk with your manager and find out why.

Is there something we can do to make PPE unnecessary maybe?

I’m not here to harass or scold anyone. I’m here to find faults in the system itself, to protect you and your friends, and to make everyone as happy as possible while still getting the job done.

A good portion of this training focuses on the psychosocial aspect of jobs - keeping people engaged and mentally well. All I want to do is get you through the day in one piece and smiling.

Y’know, before things like OSHA and the unions, they used to just shoot and bomb their workers until shit got done. You ignorant, ungrateful cocksucker.

o7 I appreciate it.

Thanks :)

Woohoo! :-D