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Larger-diameter wheels allow bigger brakes, and when keeping the width and overall-tire-diameter constant, reduces weight, all of it unsprung and revolving.
Lower-profile tires improve the ability of the wheel to control tread movement.
The benefits are worth ihe once-in-a-trillion-miles inconvenience, which is all this single fluke incident really is.
Don't blame the tire for the driver's clueless irresponsibility.
You want to go back to 195/75R14x6s on your Camaro, with the 10.5" single-piston floating-caliper brakes it requires? Go for it. I'll be doing far better with 295/35R18x10.5s over 14" rotors with Brembo 6-piston fixed-calipers.
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