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From: Tony Dragon on 3 Apr 2010 04:07
Doug wrote:
> As a matter of interest, since numbers of dead are so important to
> those on these newsgroups, I wonder how may people have been killed by
> exploding car tyres lately? Just one of many possible dangerous car
> faults seemingly. Better still though, since this will arouse very
> much more interest here, how many have been killed by exploding cycle
> tyres?
>
> "Woman dies after tyre explosion
>
> A US air force officer who was on holiday in Scotland has died after a
> car tyre she was holding exploded.
>
> Capt Jenna Wilcox, 27, was on a break with her husband when the
> accident happened in Dalkeith, Midlothian, on Saturday..."
>
> More:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8600833.stm
>
> --
> UK Radical Campaigns
> www.zing.icom43.net
> A driving licence is a licence to kill.
>
>

Until the cause of this explosion has been found, the government is to
only allow pneumatic tyres to be used if the pressure is under psi,
NASA have been asked to investigate.

--
Tony Dragon
From: Marie on 3 Apr 2010 04:08
On Apr 3, 6:58 am, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote:
> As a matter of interest, since numbers of dead are so important to
> those on these newsgroups, I wonder how may people have been killed by
> exploding car tyres lately? Just one of many possible dangerous car
> faults seemingly. Better still though, since this will arouse very
> much more interest here, how many have been killed by exploding cycle
> tyres?
>
> "Woman dies after tyre explosion
>
> A US air force officer who was on holiday in Scotland has died after a
> car tyre she was holding exploded.
>
> Capt Jenna Wilcox, 27, was on a break with her husband when the
> accident happened in Dalkeith, Midlothian, on Saturday..."
>
> More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8600833.stm
>
> --
> UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net
> A driving licence is a licence to kill.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/06/bike-blog-exploding-tyres
From: Clive George on 3 Apr 2010 07:22
On 03/04/2010 08:43, Mike P wrote:

> Doug proves yet again that he treats usenet as a read-only medium

Write-only :-)


From: Douglas Payne on 3 Apr 2010 09:27
Mrcheerful wrote:

> This was classic Darwinism, she was holding a tyre with a bulge, removed
> because it had suffered damage, she had not put the tyre in the boot where
> it would have been no danger, but instead held it on her lap inside the car,
> if it was really vital to keep the tyre in the passenger compartment rather
> than replace it in the spare wheel well then she could have let the air out
> of the tyre which would have made the tyre safe. It is akin to holding a
> firework that has gone out.

Except that tyres are not specifically designed with the sole purpose of
exploding spectacularly a long way away from people.

I don't treat inflated tyres as if they are fireworks nor does anyone I
know.

It's tragic for someone to lose their life like this, but I don't think
it's reasonable to expect someone to know to deflate a tyre that has
been removed or be killed as a result.

I own a car where an inflated tyre on a roadwheel won't physically fit
in the boot, let alone the space underneath it where the spare wheel lives.

--
Douglas
From: Ret. on 3 Apr 2010 11:29
Douglas Payne wrote:
> Mrcheerful wrote:
>
>> This was classic Darwinism, she was holding a tyre with a bulge,
>> removed because it had suffered damage, she had not put the tyre in
>> the boot where it would have been no danger, but instead held it on
>> her lap inside the car, if it was really vital to keep the tyre in
>> the passenger compartment rather than replace it in the spare wheel
>> well then she could have let the air out of the tyre which would
>> have made the tyre safe. It is akin to holding a firework that has
>> gone out.
>
> Except that tyres are not specifically designed with the sole purpose
> of exploding spectacularly a long way away from people.

True.

>
> I don't treat inflated tyres as if they are fireworks nor does anyone
> I know.

But you (and they) should - if it is clear that the tyre is damaged and
'bulging' as this one was.
>
> It's tragic for someone to lose their life like this, but I don't
> think it's reasonable to expect someone to know to deflate a tyre
> that has been removed or be killed as a result.

If a tyre is sufficiently damaged that part of it is bulging, it should be
obvious to most people that the air pressure in the tyre is causing the
damaged and weakened part to push out.
>
> I own a car where an inflated tyre on a roadwheel won't physically fit
> in the boot, let alone the space underneath it where the spare wheel
> lives.

But would you get your wife to hold a clearly damaged and bulging tyre on
her lap?

Kev

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