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Re:Tesla Semi by Gravityloss on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:56AM (#15720322)
If a truck tire blows, it sometimes hits nearby cars and causes accidents, or just hits a motorcycle driver, cyclist or pedestrian and causes an instant death.

These covers could be useful, if they were made for containment. Requires something like kevlar that can stretch and absorb the impact.

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Re:Tesla Semi by unicornporn on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:41AM (#15720856)
Like so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-k6_zuno88#t=28s
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Re:Tesla Semi by nwmcsween on Saturday November 18, 2017 @08:01PM (#15731648)
From what I've seen tires don't really blow as in pieces everywhere but tear then slap around, retreads when they blow tend to remove all the tread which is why you see half a tread on the side of the road sometimes. Containment isn't really too much of an issue IMO. Even thick (3/8) aluminum fenders get destroyed.
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