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Re: [St] Road debris



I learned an interesting lesson this summer while doing fire duty with Cal Fire covering the local freeways while they were fighting the big forest fires.

Most roadside fires aren't caused by people throwing cigarettes like I always believed.

Instead the largest cause is pieces of near molten rubber that have flown off of tires that disintegrated. Second to that is tow chains dragging and causing pieces of molten metal to fly off.

On Sep 12, 2008, at 6:24 AM, David Jonas wrote:

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Louis Jiannine <LouJ9@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I make a point not to ride behind vehicles carrying dangerous cargo.


I'll one-up you on that. I make a point not to follow anyone, if I can help
it. Interstate, if I can help it, I'll make my own pack and stay away from
everyone else's. I don't understand the mentality that everyone needs to
bundle up. I guess humans are, after all, pack animals.



Also, when you smell tire rubber while riding the bike, back off as a
retread may soon be coming your way. I have backed off due to rubber smell
and then seen tires come apart soon thereafter.


I've only been witness to one retread separation. I was in my RX-7 with
both windows down and the sunroof open, so I got every bit of sound pressure
when that tire decided to expire next to me. I'm glad there was no one to
my left, because my fight-or-flight kicked in. Looking back, I learned a
valuable lesson there about really considering and anticipating every worst
case scenario when driving.


David
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