Comments on: Runaway Tire Nearly Kills Cop

By: Five-08808

Five-08808 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:42:18 +0000

Well lets see, being a police officer, you never turn your back to the vehicle you are behind, be it a traffic stop, assisting a motorist or what ever. We are trained to position are patrol vehicles so it protects us from vehicles. You just cant train/protect against something like this. Some of you get it and some of you are just idiots.

By: BubbaRay

BubbaRay — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:43:23 +0000

# 28 Cap’nKangaroo,

That’s a sinking feeling alright, watching your trailer pass you in the left lane…

By: Cap'nKangaroo

Cap'nKangaroo — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:53:44 +0000

#19 Several years ago I dropped my loaded trailer that was going into Mexico and backed under another trailer that had just returned from Mexico. When I did my walk around inspection I noticed something unusual about the studs and lugnuts on one wheel. Turns out only half the studs had been seated to the drum. The tire mechanic had replaced some tires on the trailer but had done a dismal job of mounting the wheel back on the axle. He never noticed that half the studs spun loosely under the air wrench.

If I hadn’t caught that, 100 miles down the road both wheels of that dual would have come off. And when they do, they roll for a long way or until they hit something.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:46:58 +0000

I’d pray too. Not his day to go

By: Ralph, the Bus Driver

Ralph, the Bus Driver — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:08:54 +0000

#24, JC,

And I’m sure many are tired of your explaining the jokes.

Where did the tire leave the skid marks?

Did the tire rub him the wrong way?

By: Robart

Robart — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:59:21 +0000

#24, #16 These jokes are getting tiresome. You should be hung and quoted or at a very minimum taken to a punitentiary.

By: John C Dvorak

John C Dvorak — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:45:59 +0000

#16 Get a grip. apparently I have to police this blog for puns. I was hoping people would tread lightly. Have a Good Year.

By: Buy House

Buy House — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:03:01 +0000

Whatsoever Certain Actions has to be taken.

By: Marmot

Marmot — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:57:37 +0000

Hugh, several years ago, there was a rash of runaway truck tires in Ontario. They figured out that the problem was that mechanics were over-torquing the lug nuts that hold the wheels on — I guess that would lead to the studs snapping and letting the wheel loose.

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:16:30 +0000

If this had been a Georgia Power work site, that tire would have clobbered about eight supervisors leaned against the railing.

By: natefrog

natefrog — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:56:31 +0000

#18, noname;

I think you got Zybch and the trooper mixed up.

Just sayin’.

By: Hugh Ripper

Hugh Ripper — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:05:30 +0000

Why are trucks always losing wheels? I once hit a truck wheel on my motorbike at night. Came round a corner and there it was in the middle of the road. Saw it too late and came off. Fortunately bike just took a few scrapes and I was uninjured.

By: noname

noname — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:56:58 +0000

# 11 Zybch, obviously your not an educated person of science. If your where, you would limit your pronouncements to what you know and can prove.

Instead, you have foisted on us your personal biases, and nothing of genuine scientific merit.

By: LDA

LDA — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:33:17 +0000

Good cop helping someone. Nice to see.

By: NancyDisgrace

NancyDisgrace — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:22:57 +0000

Well he just has a screw loose and should never
re-tire.