# Vice grips are not safety equipment **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612 "2021-06-22T18:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/1 "2021-06-22T18:07:22Z")
> **[Roll-Over Wreck Is A Good Reminder That Vise Grips Aren't Safety Equipment](https://jalopnik.com/roll-over-wreck-is-a-good-reminder-that-vice-grips-aren-1847143152?utm_source=digg)** > > That's not really how you "fix" brakes, but I guess everyone can see that > **[Driver charged over car with no steering wheel](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/driver-charged-over-car-with-no-steering-wheel/4837680)** > > A man is facing charges after he was allegedly caught using vice grips instead of a steering wheel to drive a car. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/2 "2021-06-22T18:12:37Z")
now all he needs is a balloon for a air bag. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/3 "2021-06-22T19:05:21Z")
At least in the old days, if you saw this you knew the guy had stolen the car. ---
**Author:** ![gbrunkard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gbrunkard/32/25705_2.png) [@gbrunkard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gbrunkard)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/4 "2021-06-22T19:27:21Z")
I told my buddy vise grips were useful but he never believed me, lol. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/5 "2021-06-22T20:47:56Z")
In view of the positive drug test, apparently the driver has a very tight hold on **vice**. If he could have gotten a tight hold on his **VISE** grips, maybe he wouldn’t have been pulled-over. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/6 "2021-06-22T20:51:04Z")
you just cant fix stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/7 "2021-06-22T20:57:52Z")
I’m not substituting for a steering wheel. My tiller was stolen. Actually I bought the car that way and the dealer hasn’t installed the steering wheel yet. I bought the car “as ain’t.” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/8 "2021-06-22T21:59:41Z")
Vice grip driving aids are an international phenomenon. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/9 "2021-06-22T22:05:50Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Vice grip driving aids are an international phenomenon I’m pretty sure that an affinity for vice is universal. Now, if we could just get Vise Grips to be universally accepted–and properly used–we would have really achieved something. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/10 "2021-06-22T22:17:57Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/3/b3d19e3502d06eee7ed9422caf18f3c11075ff66.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/11 "2021-06-22T22:26:02Z")
should of thrown hot water on it. then it would only have a cracked windshield instead of both. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/12 "2021-06-22T22:30:18Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > you just cant fix stupidity. The other problem is stupidity breed’s. 🙃 🙃 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/13 "2021-06-22T22:33:28Z")
I bought a truck once with leaking rear wheel cylinders (I bought it cheap). To stop that pesky brake cylinder leak, they had clamped off the rear brake soft line using a pair of vice grips and a quarter. That was the bad news. The good news, you can do massive brake stands with no rear brakes, 4:10 rear gears, age hardened tires, and a small block Chevy! ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/14 "2021-06-22T22:39:04Z")
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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/15 "2021-06-22T23:32:10Z")
Re run [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/1/61373ed0a86b4a109ab6ad2a99918622e69a5b28.jpeg "Trust me, i'm an engineer !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs) ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/16 "2021-06-23T05:15:12Z")
In 1996 I was retired from trucking and started driving school bus part time. I only worked afternoons and field trips, but the growing driver shortage soon had them calling me for morning runs, when a driver called in sick. There was no time to waste, those kids needed to get to school NOW. I de-iced my windshield many times with a pail of hot water, Never cracked. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/17 "2021-06-23T11:26:33Z")
I have to admit that I used vice-grips as a wire connector once. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/18 "2021-06-23T12:46:58Z")
Vice grips might be the best tool ever invented… also the most abused! ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/19 "2021-06-23T15:49:50Z")
I think that is because a school bus uses laminate vs. tempered glass on windshields. laminated is a lot stronger. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612/20 "2021-06-23T15:54:23Z")
All windshields are laminate glass and have been for well over 50 (maybe 60?) years for all road vehicles. It is a legal requirement. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vice-grips-are-not-safety-equipment/177612.md?page=2)