Tires and Paul Walker

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Oh, of course. So, in this case, with Roger and Paul, what FAILED?? The goshdarn tires, that’s what failed---they didn’t do what we’ve come to expect tires to do. In keeping with the whole spirit of the linked article, that’s what my point was. Obviously both the tire and the actions of the driver contributed---the cause of the huge majority of accidents is multifactorial.

The single NON action of the driver/passenger was that they failed to replace 10 year old tires before going on a 90 MPH joy ride in a parking lot. If the tires had a glowing red band that said 'I'm old, replace me' they would have done it. So lesson learned the hard way. RIP Paul & Roger but the thrill of driving his new-to-him GT over took good sense to have the vehicle completely looked over before doing what they did which was to hop in and drive like it was track ready.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by paulofto

The single NON action of the driver/passenger was that they failed to replace 10 year old tires before going on a 90 MPH joy ride in a parking lot.

Semantics. Splitting hairs. We're all saying the same thing here, which is what the article was all about. In this case specifically: Old tires, perhaps having good visible tread, should have been replaced. They weren't.
They failed. Catastrophically.

[911monty]

Idiots will be idiots! Who's to say they would have quit at 90 mph on "New" tires. Instead of 90 they would have hit the tree at 150. They were showing off. Their The only limit on their stupidity was the car, and I'm sure it had plenty left. It's not the gun that kills. It's the idiot behind the trigger.