Scary Incident On Motorway
#1
Posted 17 August 2011 - 05:47 pm
Whilst I have seen HGV tyres disintegrate before (as they are/were re-moulded and re-cut over long periods) this is the first time I have ever seen this happen to a car.
In this case we soon passed the culprit, parked on 3 wheels and a nearside front rim. It was a 5-6year old BMW 3 series.
My concern was made worse as this was my daily commute ( 12 months per year) to and from Liverpool, until 3 years ago.
Many times in January, in the outside lane, in traffic and heavy rain, I would strive to ride within my line of sight and remember that sudden appearance of debris ( part-exhausts, bits of HGV tyre, etc) is extremely rare .. and that I would be able to avoid it or brake in time.
However this is the first time I have seen spontaneous disintegration of a car, not HGV, tyre so...
...take care everybody!
I would welcome any comments from more informed riders - are some impecunious car drivers starting to save money by fitting budget re-cuts ( as was done in 1960s)?
Pete
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#2
Posted 17 August 2011 - 06:15 pm
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#3
Posted 17 August 2011 - 10:53 pm
More than likely something with a very low profile
#4
Posted 18 August 2011 - 07:31 am
Spot on.
Also people don't check there tyre pressures which weakens the side walls again low profiles are the first to suffer.
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#5
Posted 18 August 2011 - 08:15 am
More likely to wreck them on kerbs and potholes.
#6
Posted 18 August 2011 - 09:02 pm
Also I worked in Saudi Arabia for a time and you would regularly see cars pulled over with tyres that had disintegrated due to premature ageing in the heat. I followed one car - when I was also fortunately in a car - which had a blow out, chunks of rubber flying everywhere and the driver carried on for a few hundred yards at about 80mph on the rim until he had to admit defeat. Scary.
Edited by terrym, 18 August 2011 - 09:03 pm.
#7
Posted 18 August 2011 - 10:52 pm
Stopped, left foot on ground, right foot touching down, fell over.
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#8
Posted 19 August 2011 - 09:06 am
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#9
Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:05 am
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#10
Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:53 am
I've passed a few shredded lorry tyres on the motorways, big enough to cause an off and to make cages swerve to avoid 'em.
Have to say, there's usually the warning signs tellin' ya about it and the enforced speed restrictions, which is nice !
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#11
Posted 19 August 2011 - 12:14 pm
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#12
Posted 19 August 2011 - 01:21 pm
That sounds exactly right - it seemed to be an ultra-low profile tyre
I had never thought of the rim cutting the sidewall...phew!
Cheers
P
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#13
Posted 19 August 2011 - 08:00 pm
Neil
#14
Posted 19 August 2011 - 11:42 pm
Neil
I reckon you could have kicked them off to the side of the road like sheep
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#15
Posted 20 August 2011 - 06:17 am
Where's BigBird these days, who had to shove a misguided wallaby out of her crashbar (neither body harmed)?
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#16
Posted 20 August 2011 - 10:33 pm
Pete
There seems to be a lot of that going on at the moment (At least in Ireland) to the extent that some people are doing it out of their back gardens. Very dodgy indeed. But as usual with this island it will take a massive crash with fatalities to get any thing done. Good old Tombstone regulation.
#17
Posted 23 August 2011 - 01:46 pm
About twenty years back I had a roof slate fall off a skip lorry which blew out a 3 day old Metz tyre on a CG125 at about 40 mph
I managed to get stopped safely.
I was more pished off about the cost than anything else......
Edited by crispy, 23 August 2011 - 01:46 pm.
#18
Posted 23 August 2011 - 05:55 pm
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#19
Posted 23 August 2011 - 07:10 pm
Stu
#20
Posted 24 August 2011 - 06:52 pm
Have you ever lent someone 20 quid and never seen it again? It was probably worth it.
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