Lug nuts of spiraling death

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 05/07/2015 at 15:01 • Filed to: None

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On my way home from work I spotted this semi truck with lug nuts on its front wheels that look like giant drill bits. Where they designed to inflict as much damage as possible in an accident?

(Pay no mind to what look like bent tips on some of them, the truck started pulling away from the red light as I snapped the pic and that’s just motion blur.)

Basically, these lug nuts look like they want to drill to the center of the earth.

They look like the tire slashers on James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5.

They look like the giant spikes on the chariots in Ben Hur.

How the hell are these things legal?

dogisbadob > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:05

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ooo a Malibu Maxx

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:05

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Hey, the cops have ‘em, must be for safety.

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:06

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Because they are “thin” plastic caps that go over the actual lug nuts. They break quite often.

McMike > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:06

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Where they designed to inflict as much damage as possible in an accident?

That’s possibly true about every part of a semi truck.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:10

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thebigbossyboss > dogisbadob 05/07/2015 at 15:11

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lol...shush. I say that with as much love as possible.

Sam > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:12

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Well the new Mad Max is coming out soon. Maybe he’s getting in the spirit?

thebigbossyboss > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:13

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Does Virginia (your dc-ish right?) not have swangas?

dogisbadob > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 05/07/2015 at 15:13

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What kind of car is that? I’ve never seen Alex Roy in one of those!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:19

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I see them all the time. On pickup trucks as well.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:20

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I’ve seen this on a lot of trucks lately. I doubt they’d increase damage all that much as I can’t see them being much more than thin caps. My guess is they’re just some extra incentive for idiots to stay out of their blindspots.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 15:21

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All the ones I have seen are plastic that would lose a battle against a Hyundai hub-cap.

Tareim - V8 powered > dogisbadob 05/07/2015 at 15:26

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Fiat Coupé, that particular one was used in a Top Gear episode where they had to make cop cars

Cé hé sin > dogisbadob 05/07/2015 at 15:51

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Fiat Coupé, designed by Chris Bangle of BMW fame.

Textured Soy Protein > thebigbossyboss 05/07/2015 at 16:05

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I make comments about DC because I grew up in Maryland and still visit my family out there, but I live in Madison, WI.

I thought of swangas but these seem like they’re attached to a more dangerous vehicle.

thebigbossyboss > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 16:08

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Oh ok. To be honest with you I hate swangas and all sticky outy hub cap thingys. All I see is my paint getting destroyed.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > thebigbossyboss 05/07/2015 at 16:37

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Luckily that trend hasn’t hit Minneapolis yet.... So dumb.

f86sabre > thebigbossyboss 05/07/2015 at 16:42

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What the hell are those? Oh, never mind I don't think I want to know.

desertdog5051 > Textured Soy Protein 05/07/2015 at 18:34

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Kinda like this and this.

thebigbossyboss > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 05/07/2015 at 19:04

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did Minneapolis have spinners?

thebigbossyboss > f86sabre 05/07/2015 at 19:05

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lol. Aren’t you from the south? You must hang out on the nice side of town ;)

f86sabre > thebigbossyboss 05/07/2015 at 21:37

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We have a wide veriety of styles here in Atlanta, but I haven't seen that.

thebigbossyboss > f86sabre 05/07/2015 at 22:17

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Maybe it;s a texas thing.

SOMA Drive > Textured Soy Protein 05/13/2015 at 11:38

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I suspect those are plastic so they won’t impale the other car or a pedestrian in case of accident. As I suspected after quick googling, they are chrome plastic https://www.iowa80.com/DirectionsWEB/…