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Edited on Sun Jun-15-08 07:44 AM by DemoTex
At least, I think it was on DU that I saw a post on how .. in the face of $5/gal diesel fuel .. truckers are running tires longer and/or replacing them with cheaper re-caps.
Yesterday I drove 196 miles from Greenville, SC, to Griffin, Ga.: I-85, I-285, I-675, and I-75. The sides of the interstate highways, and often the roadways, were littered with what must be .. in the aggregate .. tons of truck tire debris. Sometimes it became an obstacle course in my little low-slung Prius. The roads did not used to be this way.
On I-75 southbound I witnessed a scary incident involving truck tires. In heavy, fast-moving traffic an 18-wheel truck ahead of me had to slam on brakes. The trailer started fish-tailing and trailer tire shards (from rear tires on both sides) started separating and hitting the cars immediately behind the truck. A melee ensued, with the truck and several cars coming to smokey stops on the roadway and shoulder. Amazingly, none of the vehicles collided.
A little later I related my experience to my brother who drives I-75 a couple of times a week to visit our mom in the nursing home in Griffin. He had seen a similar incident on I-75 north of Atlanta just last Thursday.
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