Warning regarding Tires

[Jestjoan]

Thanks very much, Big Frank.

[dougp26364]

Originally Posted by WanderLust

Aren't you doing essentially the same as the news story? You bring up two instances you have personally observed or have happened to you that says - severe accidents don't happen just because of treads coming off. Actually, you are not doing the same. You are downplaying the situation where the news is overplaying the situation. In this instance, the overplaying to me is the more appropriate.

I think all I've done is mentioned the facts about two incidents. One that happened almost 30 years ago and one that happened recently. There wasn't any tears, no shots of childrens toys in a wrecked car, no law suit's or chest thumping, just two incidents I've personally seen or been a part of.

The news media, on the other hand, was going for an oscar performance. They aren't overplaying the situation. They're adding value to it. I'm not attempting to downplay the situation. I'm just stating what happened. The driver's front drivers side tire came apart and he pulled off the road without wrecking his car. In my instance the same thing happened.

I suppose I could downplay a little more by telling you that the second tire shredded when I had that Mustang Mach I floored to make up time for the first tire coming apart. Fact is I wouldn't be lying either. I have no idea exactly how fast that car was traveling when the second tire blew but it was well over the posted speed limit. However, unlike the pro driver the 17 year old kid didn't flip his car and end up in the grave when the tire flew apart.

If the facts are what's stated, then it's not downplaying. I guess since I failed to mention the speed I was driving when the second tire blew could be considered downplaying if you want to look at it that way.

I am not one to cover up something I know if it's pertinent to the discussion. I have stated my hatered for how the news media drama's up a story and how most of the time they're not worthy of watching. However, in this case I feel I should temper my opinion by stating the two incidents I've either been a part of or witnessed in order to be fair.

[WanderLust]

I disagree with your assessment of your posts on the news video.

I do agree that the news media can overblow things. However, in this situation, I learned something I didn't know. That information is important and that is the jist of the news media. They wanted to get the information out to the public. I am willing to guess that the vast majority of the public knew nothing about this subject matter. If I interpreted your posts incorrectly, I apologize for that. I thought you were saying that tire problem they were reporting was really not much of a problem.

News media does its best to get the ratings whether it be FOX CNN ABC etc. They all go overboard sometimes. It is up to me to determine what is the truth in the reporting. I thought you were saying that the age of tires and or the tire tread issue was not important. If that was not your intent, then I apologize.

I know that I have never suffered a tread separation or flat tire in my 43 years of driving. I also know that I don't want to find out if I could handle such a thing.

The video got my attention.