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- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -11/+166Great, my odds of winning the $150 million jackpot are 2-1 too...thank you bogus statistics! I only need to play twice to win!
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+140He looks tired.
- RomeyRome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+94Yes. Unlike everybody else that is constantly on the lookout for rouge tires when pumping gas.
- Dradis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+95therernospoons: It's disturbing that you seem to have extensive experience in the tractor-trailor tire plowing-guy-over industry.
- cambrown99, on 10/12/2007, -4/+93I wonder what the odds are of getting plowed by a runaway tire?
- cartracing, on 10/12/2007, -12/+98I'm glad she put the nozzle up with the price of gas that would have really hurt his pocket.
- addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -48/+1301 out of 2, you do or you don't.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72Honey, Honey, the most incredible thing just happened, I just saw a tire.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+64If only it had been a well behaved tire, like this one:
http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1238/ - addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -8/+67@ovejeromd
Someone needs a sense of humor. - BritishGolgo13, on 10/12/2007, -2/+56Well, at least he didn't play it off like he didn't just get hit by a tire.
- tokyomonster, on 10/12/2007, -4/+55"Holy crap! He wasn't expecting it too! lol"...
Really? He wasn't? You say that like he should have been expecting it. - reichec, on 10/12/2007, -3/+53He obviously didn't observe the PAY BEFORE YOU PUMP rule and this is the standard consequence.
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47I find that I am amused by both the phrase "rogue tires" as well as the concept of rogue tires bounding down our roads on the lookout for victims.
- thefungus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46His luck is already pretty bad why don't we just let him drown in petrol.
I think shutting the hose off and running for help is a smart thing. - threepio, on 10/12/2007, -6/+46The summer of 2002 in Ontario saw an epidemic of truck tires finding themselves airborn, ejected from axels and usually crushing women and children in cheap vehicles. There was a Media Frenzy(tm) and legislation soon followed. I believe the punishment for lauching a truck tire from your rig is now 3 years of solitary listening to Bob Sagat comedy with a rodent of unusual size lodged in your tailpipe.
- tokyomonster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41She probably was running to go get more help? I dont know, just a thought.
- livet0ski, on 08/17/2009, -5/+44How did Mary die? A TIRE hit her in the FACE!
What was she doing putting her face near tires?
No no no no this tire hunted Mary down. This tire murdered Mary.
This tire wasn't ***** around as we like to say.
This tire was out for vengeance.
Thank you dane cook - flake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Not sure, but my old boss had a friend who was driving along the interstate. On the other side a wreck happened, a wheel whith tire came bouncing over, smashed through her winshield and killed her instantly.
I just wonder if it's more or less common than being struck by lightning? - mhanley, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36That tire didn't look at all rouge to me. It was clearly black, like most other tires.
- kevinHaney, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33Tire: 1
Guy: 0 - mancat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31It's funny at first glance, but once you realize that both of his legs were probably broken, if not shattered, along with some possible additional injuries, I just can't laugh. He got thrown against that pump like a ragdoll.
- jerr0328, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32He should have been more careful...
I always check for miscellaneous flying objects that seem to want to strike me at the gas pump - dangerousLEH, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37Oh man I saw that title and thought of that Dane Cook skit instantly.
"What was she doin' by a tire?" "Oh no... that tire hunted her down...." - richardyork, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Are you guys morons? The lady /runs/ away, she must not be *getting* *help* for the poor bastard, that would make too much ***** sense.
- FullBleed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24To this day, some of those tires are still travelling across the globe, wreaking havoc and leaving a swath of destruction in their wake...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24"Guy gets hit by a runaway tire?????"
Yes, He does. - ruis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23What was she supposed to do? Wave her magic wand and heal him? I'm thinking she probably went to get someone who could actually do something for him.
- milo77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23I was driving on I35 between Austin and San Antonio in the left lane going at least 75 and a tire pulled up beside me on the left shoulder for a few seconds, then I slowly began to pull away. I could see the tire stop and fall over in my mirror, but I never did figure out where it came from. My wife was just pissed that I woke her up to describe what I had just seen.
- rach, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Might happen twice. http://www.hedonistica.com/2006/07/there_goes_a_ti.php
- walterd93, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17now they have to have warnings on the gas pumps: "Please watch out for tires coming at you at 45 mph. Thank you. *small print: We are not responsible for any tires that hit you while pumping gas*"
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19not true about the cell phones. Mythbusters busted that, it's static electricity, not cell phones that blow up gas stations.
- catfive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20I seriously thought for a moment that she was gonna steal the car...
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Do you two know why you were both dugg down?
Because you are both idiots.
Why the ***** flying tire would some fake this?
And what is funny? How, what, huh?
You watch the Simpsons? Remember when Homer laughs his ass off after Hans Moleman gets a ball to the crotch and everyone turns and stares at him like hes a ***** idiot? That's you. And when people laugh during that bit of the episode; they are laughing at Homer because of his stupidity.
I hope massive photoshopped tires hit the both of you.
:) - trunkster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I would imagine she thought the most important thing was first to stop the ***** gas pouring all over him. Then to go get some help because she knows cell phones can cause explosions at gas pumps.
Though it would be pretty ***** up if she ran to the drivers side and drove off. - uncleLeo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"Great shot, kid. That was one in a million!"
- RomeyRome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Doh! I meant rogue.
Unless someone took several lipsticks to the tire first. - tukak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Just for the information, this happened in the country I live in (Czech Republic), the tire was from a passing truck (didn't have an accident), the guy survived with just a few scratches and bruises.
- wackygames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Actually myth busters does a ton more testing on their experiments, but they can't pack it all on the show because the producers decide what is enough so the audience doesn't get bored. Remember, its for entertainment!
- dpchi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I was in a car driving down the 101 in Southern California when a double semi tire bounced across the median and slammed into the side of my car. Luckily, it didn't go trough the windshield.
- cr3ative, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12How on EARTH can you sue asda for that?!
How could it -possibly- be their fault?
Good lord, I think I need a sit down - mvtech1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Similar thing happened to some of my family . On vacation they lost a hubcap off the RV, one of the big ones, 5lbs maybe. It hit the curb and bounced up, what 20 feet? and went completly through on of those big permanent gas station signs. Needless to say he didn't go back for the hubcap..... He still hasn't lived it down!
- kubudubudubuntu, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16from north, on my screen :P
- tmgneuguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10This happened at my work. No one got hit but the tires (from a semi) ended up on the roof of our building. We are at the bottom of a hill on an industrial drive. A semi lost a pair of wheels, they rolled down the hill, hit a curb, and landed on the roof. Our entire building shook. No one was injured, but we all got covered in ceiling tile dust because of the impact.
- diggduggjoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Unfortunately, more likely than it should be. Poor maintenance is to blame for that. That was not a loose tire, and not a loose wheel, but an entire dual wheel assembly coming lose from a trailer. That means that the hub failed and broke free from the axle or whatever holds that assembly to the trailer failed. With a commercial vehicle, that should never happen. That is the dark side of capitalism, sometimes you take chances to save some money or time. The only good thing is that in this case no one was killed. Others have not been so lucky and even fans of NASCAR have taken a wheel to the morgue.
It could be a great show on Spike TV, "When machines fail, people die!" - comrademikhail, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"All cellphones are not created equal, and some are more spark prone than others."
Umm, I don't know about you, but if my cell phone sparked at all I'd be pretty pissed. That could potentially burn your face if cell phones sparked often. I don't think a cell phone would blow a gas station up, in any circumstance. Unless the battery or something else went haywire and blew up. - ludz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11It was only a matter of time until someone made a Dane Cook reference.^
- Zanneth, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13He must have been awfully confused.
- mellon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The question that pops into my mind after this is "Jesus, is this guy okay?" I don't see how this could have been faked: a tire that big hitting a person at that speed and throwing them like a rag doll is not something you can stage safely. On the other hand, Google doesn't produce any news stories reporting this unhappy incident.
- easycheez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8When I was in high school I worked at an industrial tire shop off one of the main drags. We had a ton of tires in front of our building leaning up against it awaiting for recycling pickup when a car rammed into them. It sent about 30 tracctor trailer tires all off into the street, it's damn near impossible to stop them unless you can knock them over.
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