@kentr2424
Three Confirmed results was rare on Mythbusters, for sure!!
@caras2004
I was driving about 30-40 feet behind a semi-truck in a Hyundai Accent. I heard this massive pop noise. All of a sudden, a tread shoots toward my car and hits the front of the vehicle. After watching this episode, seeing what it did to a car window, I feel truly blessed to be alive.
@squishybrick
God, this takes me back.. It's both depressing, but reassuring, that in 10-20 years, I'll be looking back at this show with the same fondness that my parents looked back at the 60s-70s.
@btasler
I was stopped at a light behind a semi trailer and one of the rear tandems on the trailer exploded. Loud doesn't quite describe it. Beyond the noise, all of the dirt and rocks on both the road and the trailer itself hit my car ridiculously hard. Yes it was quite a bit like a bomb went off.
@Iago-LinkDay
Kinda funny that 10 feet tailgate would be completely mental, but I see it happening everyday and a lot of times.
@SHAD0WZOMBIE
27:46 so happy to finally see someone do this besides me:) .. Wait.. is this where i got the idea from??
@OzzyCoop
I wish I could have met Grant. He seems like he was a kind genuine guy.
@CameronPitchers
I know for a fact a tyre can kill seen a video of it happening but still gonna watch ahah 😂
@Rynnakkosampyla
I'd love to see this revisited with a re-threaded tire
@bicivelo
I used to cycle like a madman in the city all year around, even in the dead of winter. I used to draft behind city busses and it made it SO much easier on me. Plus, the heat from the back of the bus would warm me up too 😊
@danielkavanaugh4544
I have driven semi's for 44yrs and yes when a tire blows it ain't no joke. The last time it happened was just before I retired the tread tore a stainless steel quarter fender off the truck I mean ripped it off. They didn't do the test right the trailer needs to be loaded to maximum gross weight not an empty one Hell on the Kenworth test track they test different weight trucks throughout the year..Ya might want to check it out
@PaulK-NG
32:48 the looks on their faces when they were following at 2ft was genuine fear.
@theshape3988
Racecars actually use drafting in races. They do it at over 290 mph. You can even push the car in front of you to the side without touching their back bumpers
@EthanTheWerewolf
Ive always been scared of being in the car near big rigs. Ive always been reluctant to be near a big truck but they have always fascinated me. Same way that huge animals fascinate me, kinda funny how that works in my brain
@bicivelo
Grants heart must have been pounding at 2’! 😮 You are missed!!!
@nathancornwell1455
These guys might possibly have one of the coolest jobs on the planet
@KitNoxious
I think the big problem with the shredded tyre myth not going the way they wanted initially was there’s no weight on the wheel at all. It’s the pressure of the weight and the air pressure in the tyre that would create a catastrophic failure easily
@briebel2684
Following a big rig too close is a good way to get chips in your paint and windshield. Or a big crack in your windshield. 😂
@philipcloutier2553
Many years ago in a 1970 Plymouth Swinger 6cly 225 My pal and I where going to his parents cottage , when we came up behind a truck . So been young and broke I flashed the trucker I could see his face and I tucked in behind him tight and tried to stay 5 to 10 feet away it was easier than I thought , other than some good wind buffeting off the sides he sucked us down the road just fine . He would just flash his brakes lights to give me a sec to back off if he had to slow down . We followed him more than a half hour or better. When we got to our turn off I pulled back out flashed my lights gave him a honk , he turned off and on his lights and then gave a blast of his horn . And later I drank those extra beers in his memory he knew exactly what I did . Any motorcyclist will tell the crazy amount of wind comming off the front of a semi especially an over cab truck when passing . You must lean into the unseen air blast , and the lighter the bike the greater the push . Especially into a a good headwind and cross breeze going under a bridge just use the force Luke !
@MidnightVRYT