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Just pull over! Tyre disintegrates, motorist carries on driving

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<B>WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!</B> This Toyota Rav4 continued driving with an exposed rim on along a US freeway. <I>Image: Facebook</I>
<B>WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!</B> This Toyota Rav4 continued driving with an exposed rim on along a US freeway. <I>Image: Facebook</I>

Cape Town - It should go without saying but driving with a damaged tyre (or in this case, no tyre) is extremely dangerous.  

A US motorist captured a fellow driver travelling along a highway without his/her front left tyre.

What on earth?

In the clip, the first indication that something is wrong are the flickering emergency lights from the Toyota Rav4. 

The person filming the chain of events drove alongside the SUV and suddenly a screeching noise can be heard emanating from the popular Toyota. That's when things get real...

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The road user is driving along with a burst tyre and the rim is scraping along the tar. The sound is horrendous, not to mention the entire wheel/rim is disintegrated, yet the driver carries on as if nothing is wrong.

And no: just because your hazards are on does not make the situation any better!


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