“It appears, at this point in the investigation, that the left front tire, which was a spare tire, had failed, which resulted in the vehicle pulling hard to the left and crossing into the opposing lane,” Landsberg said ... The maximum speed on the highway is 75 miles per hour (or 120 kilometres per hour), and the NTSB said the driver was speeding.
Fucking morons. Donut spare tires are only rated for 55 mph. They don't say that on the sidewall to be party poopers.
It was a truck so it would not have been a donut.
*edit - definitely not a donut.
>2007 Dodge 2500
Then how would they distinguish a spare from the "regular" tire?
The truck would have been missing it's spare, steel wheel and/or a mismatch tire because most people don't get 5 new tires when they get new tires.
I don't think 8lug donut spares even exist because it'd be asinine to use one on a truck when just about 100% of trucks have full size spare tires that are usually mounted under the bed.
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