‘You mean a tire change won’t fix it?’ Woman sends sparks flying as she speeds down a highway on just her wheel rims – then seems surprised by the damage to her truck
- A Texas driver was surprised to see sparks flying out from under the truck ahead
- The sparks were caused by the truck driving on just the metal rim of a tire
- The truck apparently traveled more than a mile on just the rim of the tire
- The truck driver was said to be surprised that a tire change wouldn’t fix the issue
A driver on a Texas highway got a dazzling surprise when he spotted a woman speeding along on just the metal rim of her truck’s tire.
The driver was heading down the highway in Garland, Texas, on March 8, when he and his passenger noticed sparks flying from beneath the truck in the next lane over.
In a video, which was posted on reddit by ‘Allegged,’ they can be seen in their car, quickly approaching the truck on their right.
A Texas driver got a shock when he and his passenger realized that the sparks flying out from beneath the truck ahead of them were the result of the truck driving on just the metal tire rim
‘What are you doing, bud?’ one of the men says, adding ‘Holy s**t’ as soon as he realizes that the sparks are being caused by the truck’s front left wheel rim as it grates against the road, the sound of which can clearly be heard in the clip.
‘Dude,’ the man then asks while their car pulls up level with the RAM truck and see that half of the hub cab has already disintegrated.
After honking to get the truck driver’s attention, the man asks, ‘What is wrong with this woman?’
The video ends with the truck and Allegged’s car turning off the highway.
The driver said that he managed to get the truck driver to pull over. The other driver was apparently surprised to learn that a tire change wouldn’t fix the damage to her truck.
Allegged wrote on reddit that the woman drove ‘on her rim for over a mile on a major highway.’
‘Yes we got her to pull over,’ he added, noting that she seemed surprised to learn that the damage caused to the wheel was a bigger deal than she anticipated. ‘”You mean a tire change won’t fix it?” “No… no it won’t….”‘
Reddit users shook their virtual heads at the truck driver.
‘I am always amazed that people this dumb somehow survived until adulthood,’ reddit user MoarDinosaurs wrote.
‘That’s a $40,000+ truck too. It’s amazing that people that dumb can have stuff that nice,’ lamented ayankeeintexas.