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“Tire nearly kills cop” Damn! Well, another day 😀
#1
Since you’re so eager for a death, we’ll just have to keep you in mind…
Damn,… was a close one… what are the chances to get this on video, and no one was hurt, not exactlly allot of room on the side of the bridge… simply amazing..
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Shouldn’t the headline read Tire nearly Hits Cop? Since he wasn’t even injured I don’t believe he was nearly killed, but he was lucky.
Having worked on or near highways for over 20 years I can tell you that what happened is not uncommon. That cop needs to keep his situational awareness radar on at all times while outside his vehicle. Runaway tires/objects could care less about his authority and he would be well advised to constantly scan the horizon for hazards.
I was driving down the freeway about 2 weeks ago and a rig was spitting out large chunks of rubber from a blown tire.
At first I didn’t see it, only chunks of rubber bouncing around down the freeway, then once I caught up to it I could see it was shooting sparks all over and the tire was disintegrating. The driver was completely unaware. You have to watch out for crazy stuff on the freeway.
#5 If he had remained leaning against the wall, the tire would have hit the left side of his body full on. Two hundred pounds traveling at 88 ft/sec would have done great bodily injury to him from the impact alone. Then the good chance that his unprotected head would impact the concrete wall or pavement in a violent manner, his being killed is not unlikely.
Speaking of blown tires…
A penguin takes his car to the auto shop. The mechanic says it’ll take an hour or so to fix this… So the penguin say O.K. I’m going to go across the street to that ice cream shop while I wait. The penguin comes back an hour later, and the mechanic looks at him and says, “Well it looks like you blew a seal.” The penguin wipes his beak and says.. “Nah, that’s just a little ice cream.”
“Said a little prayer for the protection”????
SO not only is he illiterate but thinks he needs to thank god for trying to kill him when a real loving god would have ensured the tire stayed on the truck in the first place.
#10 – Raff
LOL
very funny joke i’ll use it at the shop monday morning-haha
amazing, call the police to for extra safety, cop stands there with his back to the danger!!! lets not pay attention to it all!!!
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Well he just has a screw loose and should never
re-tire.
Good cop helping someone. Nice to see.
# 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.
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.
#18, noname;
I think you got Zybch and the trooper mixed up.
Just sayin’.
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.
Whatsoever Certain Actions has to be taken.
#16 Get a grip. apparently I have to police this blog for puns. I was hoping people would tread lightly. Have a Good Year.
#24, #16 These jokes are getting tiresome. You should be hung and quoted or at a very minimum taken to a punitentiary.
#24, JC,
And I’m sure many are tired of your explaining the jokes.
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Where did the tire leave the skid marks?
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Did the tire rub him the wrong way?
I’d pray too. Not his day to go 🙂
#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.
# 28 Cap’nKangaroo,
That’s a sinking feeling alright, watching your trailer pass you in the left lane…
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.