---
title: "Watch This Car Wash Worker Get Picked Up and Spun Around By a Giant Brush"
description: "Some people pay good money for a ride like that."
date: "2017-10-28"
modified: "2019-06-05"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15551/watch-this-car-wash-worker-get-picked-up-and-spun-around-by-a-giant-brush"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "brush"
  - "car wash"
  - "robots"
---

# Watch This Car Wash Worker Get Picked Up and Spun Around By a Giant Brush

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The researchers tried to warn us, but we didn't listen. [Car washes are out to get us.](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/12989/automatic-car-washes-can-be-hacked-to-trap-attack-drivers-inside-researchers-say>) They may seem innocuous, [all bubbles and warm water,](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9831/watch-a-200000-mile-subaru-forester-get-detailed>) but this video showing a poor employee get wrapped up by one of those spinning brushes and spun around like a top proves that we should all watch our backs.

Uploaded to YouTube this week, the clip shows an unnamed worker [power washing](<https://www.tntservices.com/commercial-power-washing/>) the inside wall of one of those [automatic car washes.](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8699/watch-as-stalled-car-in-automatic-carwash-causes-accident>) For some reason, the giant rotating brush that cleans the side of a car is still spinning behind him, and it's only a few seconds before the hose accidentally gets wrapped around the mechanism and pulled tight.

As he turns around to see what's happening, he's caught up in the tangle and pulled into the center of the brush, which is still spinning at full speed. He quickly loses his footing and goes for a spin on the world's worst carnival ride, narrowly missing the nearby pillars as he whips around at high speed. The centrifugal force involved actually causes his boots to come flying off.

https://youtube.com/embed/HmgPn4PdB9c

The whole thing mercifully ends after a few more seconds, either thanks to a panicked co-worker or an auto-shutdown triggered by the brush's wild movements. The poor guy seems to be all right at the end, though he's undoubtedly shaken up—and incredibly dizzy.

This [isn't the first time](<https://wgno.com/2015/11/10/hilarious-manager-gets-stuck-and-spins-in-automatic-car-wash-video/>) a car wash has struck, and like the scientists before every disaster movie try to warn us, it won't be the last. Stay sharp.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
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[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-cheromcha-1550248a/>)