snowleopard
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I see on today's news that a vigilante has been slashing car tyres and leaving a note on the windscreens saying 'Warning, you have been seen driving while using a mobile phone'. Anyone know more?
Vigilante
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charon
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I know it's illegal. Two wrongs don't make a right
steve_cronin
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Whoever is doing that should take care....
..at a tyre fitters around here a few years ago, a damaged tyre suddenly exploded and the fitter attending to it left a very accurate profile of himself in the asbestos roof as he went through. He was dead when they found him, of course.
Steve Cronin
..at a tyre fitters around here a few years ago, a damaged tyre suddenly exploded and the fitter attending to it left a very accurate profile of himself in the asbestos roof as he went through. He was dead when they found him, of course.
Steve Cronin
Kilter
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
that's apalling, Steve. It must have been a big old tyre to do that though?
that's apalling, Steve. It must have been a big old tyre to do that though?
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Sounds like an urban-myth to me for two reasons, unless the tyre had explosives in it, I doubt that it would have the power to lift a man. I've seen a tyre explode on a burning vehicle. Secondly, in terms of H&S and building regulations, I doubt that you will find an asbestos roof anywhere in the UK.
Sounds like an urban-myth to me for two reasons, unless the tyre had explosives in it, I doubt that it would have the power to lift a man. I've seen a tyre explode on a burning vehicle. Secondly, in terms of H&S and building regulations, I doubt that you will find an asbestos roof anywhere in the UK.
Dalliance
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that's apalling, Steve. It must have been a big old tyre to do that though?
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And under enormous pressure. Can a tyre really generate those kids of forces? If so, why are the "safety cages" on the inflators in tyre-fitters so puny?
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that's apalling, Steve. It must have been a big old tyre to do that though?
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And under enormous pressure. Can a tyre really generate those kids of forces? If so, why are the "safety cages" on the inflators in tyre-fitters so puny?
snowleopard
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The reporter interviewed one of the victims who claimed she didn't even own a mobile.
After a couple of instances of trucks coming at me on the wrong side of the road while the driver chats or texts, I'm inclined to sympathise with the perpetrator, legal or not.
p.s. apologies for the finger trouble, this was supposed to go in the Lounge.
After a couple of instances of trucks coming at me on the wrong side of the road while the driver chats or texts, I'm inclined to sympathise with the perpetrator, legal or not.
p.s. apologies for the finger trouble, this was supposed to go in the Lounge.
steve_cronin
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OK Call me a liar....
I know (knew - he's passed away since) the owner of the business and it was before the asbestos scare. The tyre was a truck tyre and the guy was inflating it as the inquest was told "to far too high a pressure" for a remoulded tyre. The tyre was also damaged on the shoulder and it just went bang. Cages were made compulsory some months later as I remember. The premises were sold to a national chain some years later.
Modern materials made such occurrences rare but if anyone messes with a tyre, it can go with a nasty force. My wife's late uncle, a transport contractor and a chap who came to work for me having run his own motorway transport tyre rescue business both recounted tales of nasty accidents during inflation.
Steve Cronin
I know (knew - he's passed away since) the owner of the business and it was before the asbestos scare. The tyre was a truck tyre and the guy was inflating it as the inquest was told "to far too high a pressure" for a remoulded tyre. The tyre was also damaged on the shoulder and it just went bang. Cages were made compulsory some months later as I remember. The premises were sold to a national chain some years later.
Modern materials made such occurrences rare but if anyone messes with a tyre, it can go with a nasty force. My wife's late uncle, a transport contractor and a chap who came to work for me having run his own motorway transport tyre rescue business both recounted tales of nasty accidents during inflation.
Steve Cronin
Kilter
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
there's still plenty of asbestos roofing around. The barn next to us caught light last year and the asbestos roof started to pop off in bits small and large as it got hot...had to get a specialist clean up company in.
there's still plenty of asbestos roofing around. The barn next to us caught light last year and the asbestos roof started to pop off in bits small and large as it got hot...had to get a specialist clean up company in.
moondancer
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
It is possible. I was walking to a jolly little restauarant in Carter Lane near St. Pauls a couple of years ago. Just beside the restuarant a dustbin lorry's tyre suddenly exploded. The window of the restuarant was blown in and a waiter badly injured. I got there about 30 seconds after it happened and it really did look and sound like a bomb going off.
It is possible. I was walking to a jolly little restauarant in Carter Lane near St. Pauls a couple of years ago. Just beside the restuarant a dustbin lorry's tyre suddenly exploded. The window of the restuarant was blown in and a waiter badly injured. I got there about 30 seconds after it happened and it really did look and sound like a bomb going off.
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And the sceptic gets shot down in flames. Ok, I thought it was just a little dubious.
And the sceptic gets shot down in flames. Ok, I thought it was just a little dubious.
Spuddy
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Still lots of asbestos/cement roofing about ( Asbestolux ); looks a bit like grey corrugated iron. It was also used to upgrade interior doors to 30 min fire resistant.
Still lots of asbestos/cement roofing about ( Asbestolux ); looks a bit like grey corrugated iron. It was also used to upgrade interior doors to 30 min fire resistant.
Kilter
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No shooting down intended, John!
No shooting down intended, John!
cookjwm
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Not the main point, but do not misunderstand the asbestos thing. Most "asbestos" roofs are not ,they are asbestos cement, and those less than around 20 years old do not have harmful levels in them . more recently they did not even have asbestos!.Having said that, there are many many asbestos cement roofs around and will be for a long time. They are perfectly safe when not disturbed or when worked on properly.Keep an eye on Chris Booker in the Torygraph -H and S exec are slowly getting a grip on this farce
Not the main point, but do not misunderstand the asbestos thing. Most "asbestos" roofs are not ,they are asbestos cement, and those less than around 20 years old do not have harmful levels in them . more recently they did not even have asbestos!.Having said that, there are many many asbestos cement roofs around and will be for a long time. They are perfectly safe when not disturbed or when worked on properly.Keep an eye on Chris Booker in the Torygraph -H and S exec are slowly getting a grip on this farce
duncanmack
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
No urban myth, I'm afraid.
1. 35 years ago a schoolchum was refitting a lorry tyre on a split ring rim. These were the ones that made cages obligatory.
He was inflating the tyre which was lying on the ground. There was a bang/whoosh/bang and he looked up to see a big hole in the wooden roof of the shed. He looked down and saw an arm lying on the ground. It was his.
2. A schoolkid had a Saturday job at his local agricultural engineers. He had repaired a puncture in a tractor back tyre and while re-inflating it had problems refitting the tyre properly on the wheel rim. So, he kept inflating it to over the recommended max pressure of 20psi. at about 60psi it exploded and the wheel and tyre "jumped" over the telephone wires outside the shed. He was in several bits, and very dead.
If a 150psi compressor tank ruptures, it generally destroys the adjacent double brick walls, as in blows the gable out the building.
Not to be faffed about with.
No urban myth, I'm afraid.
1. 35 years ago a schoolchum was refitting a lorry tyre on a split ring rim. These were the ones that made cages obligatory.
He was inflating the tyre which was lying on the ground. There was a bang/whoosh/bang and he looked up to see a big hole in the wooden roof of the shed. He looked down and saw an arm lying on the ground. It was his.
2. A schoolkid had a Saturday job at his local agricultural engineers. He had repaired a puncture in a tractor back tyre and while re-inflating it had problems refitting the tyre properly on the wheel rim. So, he kept inflating it to over the recommended max pressure of 20psi. at about 60psi it exploded and the wheel and tyre "jumped" over the telephone wires outside the shed. He was in several bits, and very dead.
If a 150psi compressor tank ruptures, it generally destroys the adjacent double brick walls, as in blows the gable out the building.
Not to be faffed about with.
petehoehill
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
truck tyres are inflated to 150psi or above, that is why when they do go, they literally explode, and also why occasionally you will see bits of truck tyre on the motorway.
However they are steel belted, so do not advise trying to slash one, as it is very difficult to do without specialist tools.
if you do succeed prepare to meet your maker.
truck tyres are inflated to 150psi or above, that is why when they do go, they literally explode, and also why occasionally you will see bits of truck tyre on the motorway.
However they are steel belted, so do not advise trying to slash one, as it is very difficult to do without specialist tools.
if you do succeed prepare to meet your maker.
tillip
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
may be an out of work kwik fit fitter
may be an out of work kwik fit fitter
Slow_boat
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
To get back to the original thread;
Two wrongs don't make a right and I couldn't possibly condone such activity.
Isn't it amazing the number of bozos you see chatting on the phone whilst driving? Strangely I hardly ever see it if I'm in a marked car.
There again, people always drive a lot better if the plod are around. Then they drive like their normal pillock selves when the coast is clear. Which tends to prove that everyone knows how to drive well (they passed a test, after all) they just choose not to.
To get back to the original thread;
Two wrongs don't make a right and I couldn't possibly condone such activity.
Isn't it amazing the number of bozos you see chatting on the phone whilst driving? Strangely I hardly ever see it if I'm in a marked car.
There again, people always drive a lot better if the plod are around. Then they drive like their normal pillock selves when the coast is clear. Which tends to prove that everyone knows how to drive well (they passed a test, after all) they just choose not to.
tillip
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Re: Whoever is doing that should take care....
156 mph on the M54! Just aquainting myself with the Omega yor honour
156 mph on the M54! Just aquainting myself with the Omega yor honour
JKay
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Paul there is loads of asbestos construction here /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
cheers Joe
Paul there is loads of asbestos construction here /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
cheers Joe
