For the non car-folks in this thread :
Normal tire pressure is about 30-40 PSI and a bad rupture can kill you or break your bones even at that pressure if you’re standing next to the tire.
This person has just installed four bombs on their vehicle that will go off at the slightest inconvenience. A 90 PSI car tire is an imminent risk of death to the driver and everyone around them. Do not let your friends or family do this.
It’s 110-120 for semi trucks. Just a note to not linger by their tires. Blowouts are statistically uncommon, but there’s a lot of trucks out there
Had a coworker who was riding a motorcycle on the highway by a semi when the tire next to her blew out. She ended up dropping the bike and sliding along the road. Fortunately she was covered head to toe in protective gear, but it’s still amazing that she wasn’t seriously injured.
Myth busters episode sticks out in my mind on this one
Did the truck stop and take responsibility? Or maybe they didn’t even know?
There are a lot of tragic stories of people that had the idea “I’ll slash the tires to this trucker to teach him a lesson” but instead they got a physics lesson
I’ve been driving a truck for 8 years. Never had a tire blow out myself, but have seen it happen in front of me. It is easy to loose control of the wheel when that happens.
Mine was a trailer tire on a triaxle. I still had 11 tires back there, so it was easy to find a safe spot to stop. I got lucky n that way.
Do y’all retread? Like gluing new treads I think it is IIRC—IDK if that’s as common today as it was 20 years ago
But you may want to encourage your enemies to do this.
100 psi = 6.89475729 Bar
I think race bicycles are around 6-7 bars. Is there a risk there?
Much smaller tire, and so much less stored energy
They’re made for those pressures. Most normal car tires aren’t.
Thin tires get high pressures to account for narrow points of contact. Tires are designed with this in mind. Now picture putting 6 bars in a fat tire, that bike won’t be happy.
I’ve never had a car tire pop but I have had a bike tire pop and it is alarming to say the least.
It gets far worse every couple psi. This was likely 10-20 imagine 50+
I’ve seen truck tires explode with people literally being blown away, not something you walk away from
This guy likely will need hearing aides
Tires are the enemy.
Other day, noticed a digital air pump warned not to be near the tire while inflating… oof!! Poor guy
Also thanks for not posting the one where the guy tries slashing a truck tire :( want to unsee (ages ago)
…Thanks for reminding me of that one :(
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PSI stands for percentage of safe inflation
Have you tried “fix a flat” ? Sometimes it takes a couple of cans per tire.
Just imagine if there was a unit of measure shown as well
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Everybody knows you use nitrogen to get to 100
I thought they were trying to get them in sequence - 93,94,95,96 or something…
