I was pulling into a parking spot today and saw crushed glass from a bottle and moved to another spot. Is driving auto tires over pebbles of glass a risk or mostly like driving on gravel?
Running over broken glass
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Pebble size should not be an issue. Its the 1\2 bottle sticking up that will slash a tire
You've gotta figure that most new tires have 10/32" tread depth and most BITOGers won't drive on tires that have less than 3/32" tread left. Those little glass shards are either gonna hit the tread, where the rubber is extra thick, or they're gonna basically not even touch the tire if they land in a groove. It's a win/win.
Think of the couple times in your life that you've probably had to pull over on the side of the freeway. You're feeling all that debris on the shoulder like you're the Princess and the Pea. OMGOMGOMG I'm gonna pop a tire and then you're fine.
The rubber industry / tire industry is pretty mature. They do science and stuff.
Think of the couple times in your life that you've probably had to pull over on the side of the freeway. You're feeling all that debris on the shoulder like you're the Princess and the Pea. OMGOMGOMG I'm gonna pop a tire and then you're fine.
The rubber industry / tire industry is pretty mature. They do science and stuff.
Glass won't get through a steel belt.
Agree with Chris142
Glass in the tread, not an issue.
I swerved around a half standing bottle some years ago, and got a big sidewall slice that made my couple month old tyre a throwaway.
Spearing it head on would probably have meant nothing.
Glass in the tread, not an issue.
I swerved around a half standing bottle some years ago, and got a big sidewall slice that made my couple month old tyre a throwaway.
Spearing it head on would probably have meant nothing.
Originally Posted By: Silk
Glass won't get through a steel belt.
Don't bet on that. If straw can be embedded in a tree during a tornado, glass can be forced through a steel belt.
Glass won't get through a steel belt.
Don't bet on that. If straw can be embedded in a tree during a tornado, glass can be forced through a steel belt.
Can't speak for car tires, but I've run over big 40oz beer bottles when riding through parks after dark on my mountain bike. Was running a kevlar reinforced tire (Bontrager "hardcase") at the time and it was unaffected.
When I was doing tires, I pulled a backing plate for a brake pad out of a tire. It had gone through the tread.
I pulled a pebble out of a tyre not too long ago... couldn't believe it pierced the tyre but it had.
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