Troublesome Torque

Journal 10: Late as well.  Now to the physics application, about six years ago, when I still attended Maryknoll, the morning was off to the usual every school day routine.  Dressed, backpack double-checked, and packed into the car, my dad, myself, and my three brothers were off to a normal day.  Leaving our Waikele drive way, (we're the first right at the Champions near the Waikele mall, you can see our house from the intersection) my dad took the regular right turn and no more than one minute of driving and we all heard a huge POP.  My dad parked the car on the shoulder and assessed what damage had been done to the car.  He realized a nail had popped the back right tire, and used a jack to lift the car up.  The jack uses a fulcrum and a lever arm, in which turned, pushes up the side iron arms, which in turn begins to lift the car as to replace the tire.  My dad had imposed a torque by applying force on the handle of the jack, and with the long lever arm, placed a force forcing the car up.  In physics I learned that to increase torque you can increase force applied, the lever arm, and applying the force as perpendicularly as possible.  This example shows some the practical and helpful applications of physics.