tire pop
 

holyshit, the things you can find lying on the roads are ridiculous and unsafe for driving. my mom was driving the altima today and as she was switching lanes, something got into her tire and popped it. i couldn't believe it when i arrived to help her change to her spare wheel.. check out what was in it..
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p.../Photo0014.jpg
it's not even a sharp object..
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p.../Photo0015.jpg

"In vancover, screw forks you!"
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gotta keep your eyes on the road. this one time there was around 3 or 4 rolls of carpets on the road.

same exact thing happend to me last year, except it was a broken screw so it was sharp therefore easier to get into my tire.

Wow. That bolts looks like the ones used in Hondas for the alternator (which coincidentally tend to fall out quite often on older ones).

fuck was it near fraser and 50th or something?!! i was driving and thought it was just paper so i went over it but instead it was a roll of carpet..

My new tires are wrapped in Kevlar, I will never have to worry about that LOL

I had that happen before tho 8" spike right in my tire.

probably some construction debris.

this was near 140th & 85th ave in surrey. and i'm not sure what it was, but how the hell did it pierce through so fast O.o

wow

wow, that T-Bolt literally went 1/4 in! What Satek said, most likely from a construction project.

hmm, could possibly be, but there was no construction whatsoever near that area haha. perhaps it fell off from a work truck while driving or something.. but keep your eyes on the road guys!

DING!


thats the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that bolt
friggen expensive to buy a new one from the dealer too

now you can sell that bolt to recover some of the replacement cost lol

daaaang...
stuff likes this scares the crap out of me cause i'm on 2 wheels.
If it was able to puncture the tire like that, odds are, it was sitting upwards while lodged on something strong enough for the car to use it's weight against it to puncture the tire.

If I slammed into that with my 200lb scooter, I would be separated from my scoot, and sent flying into the air.

...
*shudder*

Hate to frighten you even more ,but it is more likely it was kicked up by the front tire (or another car) and lodged in the rear.Can you imagine if that had fallen off a truck you were following.:angel:

Less likely to happen, scoots or any 2 wheeler won't have tread deep enough like that. It was the tread of the tire that ultimately drove the bolt in, it had no where else to go but between the tread, the thinest part of the contact patch. If it was a slick, you could probably roll over it unscathed.

But then again, I couldn't believe that I actually caught a nail on my bike before. I already have 2 less wheels and less contact area... what are the chances? :rolleyes:

when and where was this?

I feeel you bro! I pop 3 tires in one and a half month, I think its cause of all the constructions around..
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A lot of crap on the streets. It's harder to spot especially when it's raining.

at least it wasnt a land mine

it happened sometime last year, i was heading to richmond and i took knight bridge, after the bridgeport exit and i was on the left lane. heading to alderbridge exit. and i saw two rolls on the ground. one on the left lane and another one on the right lane but a little further up. so i had to change lanes and back again. once i passed both rolls i look in my rear and side mirrors to see a pickup pulled over to the right and some dude trying to remove the carpets.

so many construction going on in coq area, nailed it twice in the past month already

there was a fucking sofa on the road today.......

why waste good money on rope, tarps or ratchet tie-downs when you can endanger lives save time and not give a shit all in one move... :rolleyes: