Ive heard that they were stuck in the tires, that they were kicked up like a batting cage baseball thrower, that they have a high velocity towards your windshield, and that they have negligible horizontal velocity so the speed of your car is what provides the glass breaking energy. What is it?
2006-10-05 09:42:55 · 14 answers · asked by Jeremy 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
The tires have groves which can grab hold of rocks and launch them upward. and yes the amount of damage depends on the speed of the vehicle running into it.
2006-10-05 09:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by zambranoray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really is a difficult question to respond to. searching on the position you stay, in some states your insurance employer would take care of it devoid of invoking your deductible. it really is not likely you'd be able to carry the automobile to blame responsible for damages. If the rock(s) flew up from the tires there is/became no negligence on their section. If the rocks got here from the mattress of the truck it really is going to change into better a count of proving such, if it became some thing like furnishings which will be a lot less complicated to do and retrieval of the offending textile will be required. Else it really is just one note hostile to a unique. everyday suggestion is to attempt an epoxy patch if it really is a small chip, to circumvent it from getting higher.
2016-11-26 19:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by meriwether 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a rock is on the road, another vehicle runs it over and the tire kicks it up. Car's are more likely to get hit on the windshield because they are lower to the ground. Big semi's kick up a lot of rocks because of the size of their tires.
2006-10-05 09:46:35 · answer #3 · answered by Snuffy Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When rocks hit your windshield you are going forward fast while they are going backward fast. It's a very hard impact. Glass breaks eventually.
2006-10-05 09:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by kash182_99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the speed of the rock travelling at you plus your speed combined. lets say the rock is doing ten mph and you are doing 70 mph. that is a 80 mph impact.
2006-10-05 09:45:26 · answer #5 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's normally not stones that are stuck in tyres, it's stuff thrown up directly from the road.
2006-10-05 09:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
several things; the force the wheels are pressing on the rocks; the fact that they're spinning; shortly: the laws of physics
2006-10-05 09:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard its from cars with no mudflaps. Their tires flip them up and without that mudflap to keep it down, it flies!
2006-10-05 09:45:05 · answer #8 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trucks throw the rocks from their tires I suppose, or sometimes you get behind a gravel truck...
2006-10-05 09:45:57 · answer #9 · answered by Michael H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its both. Both objects are in motion. It cant be one or the other.
2006-10-05 09:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by donyafs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋