And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Actually pretty good. In my 40+ years of driving I've seen at least 7 or 8 tires come off a car/truck and go careening down the highway. Once while on my motorcycle. Thing is, he should've seen the car in the ditch, the tire crossing the road in front of him, and already started braking hard to avoid any potential collision. Instead he tried to ride thru it. Not the smartest move.
Look closer. The tire passed him from BEHIND his bike. Probably off the car following him. Euro style license plates. Maybe Russia. Watch videos from there, and you will see LOTS of tires that exit a moving vehicle. Big Rig tires are real killers... When I patrolled CA freeways, I would find the wheel or the car about a 1/4 mile apart. The tire would eventually rub against the divider or sound wall and follow it until it lost momentum. Mostly 4 lug cars. Pull one nut from each remaining wheel, and reinstall the wayward one, so each now had 3 nuts. Tell them to go directly to a parts store to get a set of nuts. Maybe one a month.
Bad was when it was a pickup, though. They sometimes bounced across the center divider and hit oncoming traffic.
Actually pretty good. In my 40+ years of driving I've seen at least 7 or 8 tires come off a car/truck and go careening down the highway. Once while on my motorcycle. Thing is, he should've seen the car in the ditch, the tire crossing the road in front of him, and already started braking hard to avoid any potential collision. Instead he tried to ride thru it. Not the smartest move.
ReplyDeleteLook closer. The tire passed him from BEHIND his bike. Probably off the car following him. Euro style license plates. Maybe Russia. Watch videos from there, and you will see LOTS of tires that exit a moving vehicle. Big Rig tires are real killers...
DeleteWhen I patrolled CA freeways, I would find the wheel or the car about a 1/4 mile apart. The tire would eventually rub against the divider or sound wall and follow it until it lost momentum. Mostly 4 lug cars. Pull one nut from each remaining wheel, and reinstall the wayward one, so each now had 3 nuts. Tell them to go directly to a parts store to get a set of nuts. Maybe one a month.
Bad was when it was a pickup, though. They sometimes bounced across the center divider and hit oncoming traffic.
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DeleteWhat are the odds? I'd say the real long shot is on a Lada losing only ONE wheel.
DeleteThat’s a message from above…
ReplyDeleteI lost a back wheel once out in the country, no traffic. Loose lug nuts.
ReplyDeleteMotorcycle pool and he's the 8 ball.
ReplyDeleteThe odds of that incident happening are infinitesimally low, but never zero
ReplyDeleteDress for the crash, not for the ride!
ReplyDeleteThe person doing the recording made a nice and safe stop, to be standing still IF the rider would have gone a little further.
ReplyDeleteGood reactions.
I played that pinball table once!
ReplyDeletePretty good, apparently.
ReplyDeleteDriver of the car is a professional pool player.
ReplyDeleteBank shot
DeleteI'm thinking he's a pro bowler, just picking up the 7-10 spare.
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