XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 12/10/25 05:27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> Otherwise a flat tyre would tear itself off the rim'   
      
   On 2025-12-10 11:57, c186282 wrote:   
   >>    Umm ... they DO ... or at least TRY. It's just   
   >>    that the rim is too stiff to 'tear' much unless   
   >>    under extreme load. HAVE seen it on 18-wheelers ...   
   >>    entire giant tire breaking loose, then rolling   
   >>    at 80mph and bouncing randomly off an overpass.   
   >>    Deadly if you were in the path .....   
      
   On 2025-12-11, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > Once I overtook a lorry, very early morning. One of the rear wheels   
   > was... how can I say... the sides of the rubber were intact, but the   
   > part that touches the asphalt was loose, turning wildly at the 100Km/h   
   > the lorry was doing. We were bewildered, not knowing what to do.   
      
   Get away - fast! Put distance between yourself and that truck before   
   the inevitable bad event!! And be thankful you are not behind it.   
   --   
   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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