There was a very unfortunate freak accident here in OKC 12 or 15 years ago. A 18-wheeler was on the Belle Isle Bridge of I-44 when an entire rear tandem wheel/tire came off of the trailer and destroyed a Jeep, killing the Jeep driver. The tandem tire set weighed probably close to 300 pounds. The semi driver was sentenced to prison.

We all see crap falling off of vehicles, or crap laying in the middle of the road. I've seen large ladders, file cabinets, lawn mowers and such, lumber and more. If you hit something like that, or it hits you, it's just luck if it's minor or major.

I was driving I-44 near the I-40 junction one day, lots of traffic, and I saw a ladder lying in the road. I was unable to change lanes, and it happened so quickly. Amazingly I drove over it and did not incur any damage. Well, at least, there was damage to my underwear.

There are freak accidents and then there are what I called Stupid Accidents. Drivers not using straps or chains, tailgate open, overloaded bed or trailer, just total irresponsible fools. There needs to be big fines, at the minimum, for crap like this.

Was looking at the video frame by frame, look at the height that Kia reached, the whole car is above the roof of the 4x4!

I’m sure the FAA will launch an investigation. They frown on folks flying without a license.

The physics behind it amaze me.

A few months ago, my wife and her sister were in the front seat with my daughter in the 2nd row when this happened:



My daughter snapped the picture. They are in the left lane of three on north bound US41. The speed limit is 30, but most do 35-40. The cross street is a two lanes, also 30mph, and has stop signs on both sides of north bound US41. The silver Toyota was the car directly in front of my wife. My wife said the car that’s upside down came from the right from the cross street across the right and middle lanes of north bound 41, hit the Toyota, and flipped over.

Presumably the upside down car had stopped at the sign and attempted to gun it across three lanes of traffic. How fast could it possibly have been going in the 20-30 feet it accelerated from the stop sign before nailing the Toyota?

The physics amaze me.

I saw a set of duals come off a tandem axle dump truck once, I was behind him in a semi. The hub broke and axle, tires and rims all came sliding out, he hit a bump and away it went, thank god it was an outside set and it was a 2 lane road, it ended up in someone’s front yard and to this day every time I go by there, I think about how badly it could have ended up if it had been an inside set. Nothing prepares you for something like that.

For the engineers here, I think - is there something about the size or weight or geometry of the Kia that made it go airborne like then when it hit the tire or would this have happened to pretty much any car?

I think it's partly due to the rubber ramp which is also spinning in the direction of travel.

Similar to what Georgeair mentioned on pg 1

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The rotation and grip of a tire rolling at speed can launch cars/bikes in ways that are hard to imagine.

Already mentioned but you gotta give the tire some props for launching the Kia into the air and still coming back to hit it one more time in the back. Tire is like “nah man not done yet. Take this MFer!!”

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Originally posted by HRK:
Was looking at the video frame by frame, look at the height that Kia reached, the whole car is above the roof of the 4x4!

Some say they needed a pilots license, but Bo and Luke didn't cotton to that idea. I wonder how they're going to get out of this one.

My dad and great aunt had stopped at a travel center on the PA turnpike and my great aunt got hit by a tire that came off of a tractor trailer as she was walking across the parking lot.

Freak accident will happen when you least expect it.

Lots of young guys do really stupid things with their trucks and cars. Like really super stupid. They lack enough common sense or any care or awareness of the physics involved in choosing a shop that knows how to do it without killing anyone. So these young guys just start bolting stuff on and off, without any clue of any kind.

Today after work I replaced both front wheel bearing hub assemblies on my F150, the factory originals had 175k on them. One of the wheels had some bearing play. After I removed them the unit with the play spun freely in my hand, a sign it was clearly bad, and made noise. The other one was still tight but was also noisy. I like these sealed units better than the old fashioned races and hand-packing bearings, but these sealed units are damn expensive. Ford wanted almost $400 each (x2), so I went with premium Napa units from Taiwan with a 50k warranty. I don't buy for warranty, but I think it's a marker when comparing quality between shit parts, medium parts, premium parts, and the best factory replacement parts. I usually go with premium or factory depending on the application, with factory winning out if the price is closer to the premium lines, which it usually isn't.

Many states have laws that prohibit modifying vehicle suspensions. Michigan is actually pretty tight law wise in that regard, although not often enforced unless the driver is being a jerk or there is an accident like this.

People fail to realize that just because you can buy it, doesn't mean it's legal to bolt on your vehicle and run down a public road.

Some clown passed me on the right with a Ford F-150 that was jacked up at least a foot. He had noisy tires that were at least 18” wide and stuck out about 8” from the fender. It looked dumber then shit on a reality new truck. Stupid, stupid.