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Originally Posted by rossvtaylor
You recalled pretty correctly - it's definitely a big factor. From tire debris and casing examinations after failure, road hazard damage was the leading cause followed closely by excessive heat (from low air pressure and/or overloading, or excessive speed, or a brake issue). The third most common was "maintenance/operational" which includes using a tire past the safe tread wear limits, flat spotting a tire, or vehicle body contact with the tire.
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Road hazard . . . you mean like some moron with a brand new prehung interior door in his pickup truck bed, not tied down, no matting on the bed floor and no tail gate, accelerating onto an interstate causing the door to slide out of the bed right in front of me forcing me to jump it at 60 mph. That kind of road hazard? I only hope the door got destroyed so the fool had to buy another.