SEMI TRUCK WHEEL SPIKES - WTF? (OT)

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MisterE

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Bouncy Tiggerville

Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 8, 2010 - 01:28am PT

Some frickin' trucker with these Road Warrior spikes on his wheels drifted towards me coming back from Tahquitz today. How in the hell can these things be legal? I might expect this...well, this guy says it pretty well:

http://boingboing.net/2009/07/31/maybe-these-massive.html

MisterE

Social climber

Bouncy Tiggerville

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2010 - 01:35am PT

The other Skip:

*whew*

I was gripped! (and didn't read the comments)

apogee

climber

Jul 8, 2010 - 01:37am PT

A link from one of the comments in your OP:

http://www.empirechromeshop.com/p-7279-chrome-plastic-spike-push-on-frame-bolt-cover-single-choose-a-size.aspx

apogee

climber

Jul 8, 2010 - 01:38am PT

Funny thing is, the pattern of comments so far in this thread closely resembles those in the OP's link.

Humans are funny.

MisterE

Social climber

Bouncy Tiggerville

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2010 - 01:39am PT

So it is just to scare the people in the smaller vehicles that are not privy to this information.

Well, that makes it alright then!

apogee

climber

Jul 8, 2010 - 01:40am PT

BTW- you weren't up on Tahquitz today during the big shaker, were you? I know it was kinda late, but that woulda been kinda cool.

apogee

climber

Jul 8, 2010 - 01:41am PT

Yeah, those truck-nuts thangs always freaked me out till someone told me they weren't real. Whew.

tooth

Trad climber

The Best Place On Earth

Jul 8, 2010 - 01:41am PT

A truck driver on his cell last week changed lanes without looking. Hit my assistant from the side, pushed her sideways and kept on going, with her car sideways across the front of his truck, her car starting to roll under his semi. She was trying to crawl out the passenger side, but so was her passenger, then they stopped because, what. you get out and get run over? She was pretty stressed out by the time she got to work! She had just got her car back from the shop the day before, and now it is back in!