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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Man, that took brains

SAN DIEGO — A bystander helped stop a woman on a stolen forklift on Friday when he plucked the key from its ignition during a low-speed pursuit with police, investigators said.

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“A bystander obviously had some experience with it, and knew exactly what to do to help us disable it so that we could take her into custody,” Sgt. Michael Serrano told KSWB.

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Seriously, who'd have thought that turning the key off would stop the forklift? I sure wouldn't have thought of that.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2021 at 6:20 AM

    Maybe if you had more experience Ken...

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  2. JeremyRMarch 18, 2021 at 7:24 AM

    That is a trick pulled quite often where I used to work. Another was to run behind and turn off the fuel valve on the propane tank.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2021 at 9:48 AM

      The propane tank was my 1st thought. Most of the forklifts i worked around had a switch vs a key. Usually modified after soneone lost the key at some point.

      Exile1981

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    2. PoppaGaryMarch 18, 2021 at 1:36 PM

      We used to do this all the time, great prank. Usually would let you get a ways down the warehouse floor before it shut off. One time they actually took the tank off my truck. I did not notice and when it shut off, I laughed and went to reach back to open the valve and realized the tank was not there. That one was a bit of a bitch hauling the full tank back to the lift. No the a-holes did not offer to get it for me, part of being the newbie.
      The company told us to knock it off after one of the lifts with no so great hydraulics shut off and almost lost a load or toppled a rack.

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  3. SkipperdaddyMarch 18, 2021 at 7:45 AM

    Thats staff level thinking right there.

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  4. BrianMarch 18, 2021 at 8:03 AM

    OSHA will jump in and fine him for driving while the forks are elevated.

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  5. Wayne WilsonMarch 18, 2021 at 9:31 AM

    How many times did you hide your fellow employees keys at the warehouse Ken?

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    1. wirecutterMarch 18, 2021 at 9:46 AM

      The Raymond and Crown lifts we had at the warehouse didn't use keys or I surely would have.

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    2. ChaddMarch 18, 2021 at 8:31 PM

      We had mostly electric lifts at the warehouse where I used to work. Unplugging someone’s lift after they went off shift was a favorite game.

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