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Originally Posted by CapriRacer

I was attempting to distinguish between the force generated by friction and the force generated by the tearing action - and I'm going to continue with that distinction:

If it doesn't matter how much the vertical load is in the force generated by the trearing action - except, of course, on the amount of area in contact with the macrotexture of the pavement generating that tearing force, then:

Larger footprints would generate more force.

This is still outside the realm of normal driving, though. Is it not? The scope of the paper, as I understood it, was only applicable to passenger tires within a specific range of pressures and load limits.

These tend to be harder compound tires, meant for a compromise between tread life and traction... Therefore, they probably don't experience as much "interlocking" with the bumps in the road surface, not to mention that they also usually don't experience the forces necessary to do what you suggest.

(Except in the case of bad drivers and ricers, I suppose.)