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jamesqf, and I wish it were a lot more rare. I'm familiar with 2 fatalities during a relatively short time period that were caused by lost truck wheels on a local section of freeway (QEW) that I frequently travel.
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I've no doubt that it can and does happen. The question, though, is where the cars were that got hit, relative to the truck that lost the wheel. Were they directly behind (drafting, IOW), or off to one side? As I said, just thinking of how things might bounce around, it seems that directly behind would be safer than behind and off to the side.
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Your post seems critical of mine. Am I wrong to mention safety considerations?
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Of course not. I'm just questioning the assumption that directly behind is the least safe spot. I think - and I admit it's just an opinion - that taking everything into consideration, in many situations I am in fact safer behind (though not TOO close to) a semi.