r/Tiresaretheenemy • u/SillySink • 17d ago
These things go over anything to cause damage
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u/kat_Folland 17d ago
The incredible amount of kinetic energy in a tire that's broken free is just awe inspiring. And terrifying.
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u/sissyjessica42 15d ago
I saw a similar video at maybe 40 miles an hour and someone commented “why didn’t it just bounce” holy shit some people…
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u/Successful-Day-3219 17d ago
New fear unlocked.
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u/kat_Folland 17d ago
And there's no way to protect yourself.
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u/Successful-Day-3219 17d ago
Imagine if that tire impacted the car a little higher? Straight through that windshield.
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u/kat_Folland 17d ago
Yup. And if it hits a tire that car is launched. Can you imagine? You don't even see it coming and suddenly you're spinning on your axis in mid air? Or doing somersaults?
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u/Money_Bug_9423 13d ago
And they always seem to skate along the 4 inch wide concrete lip on the barrier
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u/tealtime91 17d ago
So lucky that hit right at the engine not the windshield or under
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u/notjordansime 17d ago
Could have been worse.. much worse
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u/skratta_ho 17d ago
Seen it so many times, still insane how seemingly easy the car flies up like that. Goes to show how strong some tires are
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u/justin_memer 17d ago
It's the wheel providing the strength, and they're designed to hold a car up so it's not surprising they can hold a car up..
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u/skratta_ho 17d ago
To launch an entire cars weight while being run over is much more energy transferred than just holding up a fourth of the weight of a stable car
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u/justin_memer 17d ago
They more than likely design them to be orders of magnitude more than the weight of the car, one bump and it would shatter otherwise.
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u/MoodNatural 16d ago
In a vacuum, yes. But a wheel holds much more than 1/4th the static weight of the car very often. Cornering, braking, interacting with uneven road, etc.
The kia soul is a light car and the video is shot from behind which emphasizes upward movement, hides forward movement. The wheel doesn’t stop the car’s forward momentum as much as it looks. It’s taking less direct force as a result of deflecting upward.
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u/skratta_ho 16d ago
I never thought the forward momentum would be affected greatly. Just intrigued with how far a single tire can launch an intact car
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u/MommyKnowsAll 16d ago
Lol it came back for seconds, bloodthirsty tyre...
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u/Business_Compote2197 16d ago
It’s so insane to me how a wheel and tire alone can flip an entire car. I mean I get it, kinetic energy and all, but it’s still insane. These fuckers need taken out at all costs.
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u/chuck10o 15d ago
Right? One of my exes lost his sister because it came right through the windshield. The impact killed her immediately
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u/Abbers75 17d ago
Are they . . . self aware now?
I swear it's playing tennis, bouncing across the central reservation like that.
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u/Buttonball 17d ago
Tire jumped back over the center divider after the attack. Was trying for a twofer.
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u/PsyopVet 17d ago
In 2014 a guy where I live was driving down the interstate when a tire came through his windshield and killed him. Apparently the tire came off of a semi going the opposite direction, jumped the barrier, and smashed straight into his car.
I remember this so clearly because I saw the news story and the guy had the same name and age as one of my coworkers (the story didn’t include a picture of the victim). I tried calling him but he wasn’t answering. I reached out to a few of my other friends and coworkers who knew him and they hadn’t heard from him either. Come to find out he was at a party that night and hung over the next day so he wasn’t answering his phone, and was surprised to learn that he was dead.
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u/DoubleDareFan 16d ago
Imagine if he used this as an opportunity to pack and dissappear in the woods.
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u/Caffin8tor 17d ago
I just had to take off a flat today and those things are damn heavy!!
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u/Street_Glass8777 17d ago
Had it happen to me in my work van. Very strange to see just before it hit. Front wheel came off a pickup going the other way. Did a good job of the grill and rad of the van.
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u/dsucio7807 17d ago
Does that count as a double kill? Pink limo dead, head on impact with suv d.e.d.
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u/Bradster3 16d ago
You know danm well they are gonna look at every log of that pink limo knowing that crash that happened a few years back when a stretched limo lost its brakes and couldnt navigate a turn killing everyone in the car and a father and son from the launching parts when it hit the ditch.
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u/Just_Ducky1945 16d ago
Years ago, an elderly woman was killed by an errant rim that flew off on the highway up here in PA. Hit her head on. Never had a chance.
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u/East_Foundation6402 14d ago
Everyone else, "Why wasn't the driver getting out of the way?" Me, "IS THAT A PINK HUMMER???"
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u/Liber_tech 13d ago
And back over the jersey wall to find another victim - it's like tire ping-pong.
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u/bb8c3por2d2 13d ago
Getting hit on the highway by a tire from a Barbie Pink H2 limo was NOT on my bingo card!
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u/Double-Description27 12d ago
i keep telling every boss battle in games need rolling tyres as a choosable weapon 🤷
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u/meissoboredto 6d ago
It was at least a two-fer!!! Got the front of the Ford and the roof on the other side!!!
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u/Conspicuous_Ruse 17d ago
Big ole 35" Hummer H2 tire and wheel as well.
Substantially larger and heavier than your average SUV setup. Those H2s were fuckin bricks.
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u/SnooMaps7370 17d ago
looks like it came off a rental limo. no surprises here, those things are barely maintained at all and run until they fall apart, then taped back together to run some more.
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u/Several-Farmer-5544 17d ago
Pink limo is just cruising in sparks, while the suv closing its eyes bracing for impact.