XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 20:40, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-11, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-10 11:57, c186282 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 12/10/25 05:27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Otherwise a flat tyre would tear itself off the rim'   
   >>>   
   >>>     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 .....   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That sounds like a retread de-laminating.  Sometimes the entire tread   
   > will peel off in one piece - I see them lying beside the road sometimes.   
      
   Right.   
      
   > Or they'll break up bit by bit, throwing chunks several inches long in   
   > every direction.  One night I found myself behind a truck where this was   
   > happening.  It was raining heavily, making for a surreal sight: steaming   
   > chunks of rubber flying everywhere before coming to rest on the road.   
      
   Deadly.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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