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Old 02-14-18, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Read post #4.
Thanks, but it really didn't say how it stopped, just the car was in smokes after it stopped.

I'm sure there are lots of missing info that we're trying to get from the article.

He initially didn't want to use the brakes at 100mph, but then, how did the car finally slowed down IF no brakes were applied.
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Old 02-14-18, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
Thanks, but it really didn't say how it stopped, just the car was in smokes after it stopped.

I'm sure there are lots of missing info that we're trying to get from the article.

He initially didn't want to use the brakes at 100mph, but then, how did the car finally slowed down IF no brakes were applied.
Maybe he ran out of gas, or lies..
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Old 02-14-18, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnhav430
So cops use blowout spikes, to stop vehicles that have runflat tires? I've always thought the rule is 50/50--50 mph for 50 miles. So the blow they tires out, then drive 50 miles up the road and wait? We're as a society smarter than this I believe, I have to. If he stopped minutes later, and didn't go 50 miles, then it would not seem to be the blown out tires that allowed him to stop. Just doesn't make a lot of sense.
So you think the cops are taking into account what type of OEM or replacement tires a car sold 15 years ago *might* have in an urgent situation to try and stop a runaway vehicle? "Gee, that car might have run-flat tires. If we don't damage those tires in precisely the right way, he may be able to keep driving. Why bother trying to stop it?" They aren't tank treads; they are tires. You are over thinking this.

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