Re: wheels come off - speed doubles?

[Stefan Jeglinski <jeglin@4PI.COM>]

> What on Earth, was this discussion thread all about?
> What was this supposed speed doubling?
>
> Truck wheels are big and heavy - they can pull off, they can run on
> if the trailer was swinging at the time, and they can bounce up and land
>   in someone's frontage.
> I just don't see the mystery.

The "mystery" is that the highway patrol claims, as if it was a known
fact of physics, that when the wheels come off of a truck in this
(not very well described) fashion, their speed doubles (in this case,
from 55 to 110 mph). This point was included in the article, if you
read it :-)


Stefan Jeglinski