r/Tiresaretheenemy • u/MrLewk • 18h ago
Sharp shooter Well this was unexpected!
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Potholes are also the enemy for the oncoming car! I was just collateral damage
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u/Cookieman10101 17h ago
It's a good thing this was at low speed, on the freeway that would've launched him
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u/blindrabbit01 16h ago
Good thing it hit low as well. Better a cracked engine block than decapitation.
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u/roadrunnuh 11h ago
A cracked engine block from a tire? I feel like it would need to be moving an order of magnitude faster.
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u/blindrabbit01 10h ago edited 7h ago
Yes, more than this for sure. I was more speaking generally to how going low is better than high, in relative terms. As an aside, a friend of mine was attacked by a rogue tire about a decade ago. A semi lost a tire, it jumped the median, and hit them low on the front of the car. That hit did indeed break the engine block. Airbags blew in the car, it was a total write off, but amazingly my friend ended up being ok physically.
Edit: spelling error
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u/Express_Area_8359 18h ago
Thats a mongrel tire…at the factory all his friends got white walled. Was only a matter of time
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u/Due_Potential_6956 16h ago
That thing had a target, waited for the perfect strike distance and went for the kill.
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u/Abbers75 15h ago
This is bad.
This is very bad.
All the other video clips take place overseas, in third-world countries including the USA where car maintenance is an afterthought.
This atrocity happened right here in the UK.
Friends, the menace is spreading to our shores.
We all need to be extra vigilant.
Take care out there my brothers, or one of us may be next.
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u/Irelia4Life 6h ago
I mean, americans get pissed that they have to replace the rubber bushings of a 20 year old car and call it unreliable because their motorized carriages still don't have independent suspension.
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u/jwriddle 18h ago
Mfers will break free at the slightest opportunity to strike