xrongor wrote:

sigh.
....
c) lets see your cite for this exploding tire.

Chill...while he shewed lack of knowldege, tires do burst rather more
frequently than one might hope...that's why truck tires are remounted in
the heavy cages...to capture potential shrapnel...

It was really much worse in the days of old split rims, but that wasn't
so much the tire exploding as the locking ring not holding...