# UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — TIRES
> NHTSA complaint `1596879` · 2019-08-23 · UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** UNKNOWN
- **Model:** UNKNOWN
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
- **Component:** TIRES
## Narrative
WHAT IS "DISTURBING" IS THE FREEWAY CAM PHOTOS  OF TIRES FLYING (AT 1:25) WITH STATEMENT ATLANTA'S '11ALIVE' STATION REVIEWED "FEDERAL DATA" TO REPORT TIRES SEPARATING FROM BIG RIGS CAUSE THREE ACCIDENTS A DAY NATIONWIDE.   NOW THAT IS SOMETHING FOR THE NTSA...  WHAT IS DISAPPOINTING IS THAT GEORGIA STATE PATROL CAPT. JAMES STEEN {REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL TRUCK SCALE OFFICERS?} APPARENTLY HAS NO IDEA WHY LUG NUTS SEPARATE RELEASING TIRES TO FLY AND KILL THREE TIMES A DAY.  MY GUESS TRUCK INSPECTIONS DON'T MEASURE AMOUNT OF LUG STUD STRETCH.  OBVIOUSLY THE NEED FOR OOIDA'S PAUL ABELSON TO HIT THE ROAD FOR A ROUND OF EDUCATING.   TIM HO ... HERE  MACON GA TV13: VERIFY: ARE ALL TRUCK TIRES INSPECTED AT WEIGH STATIONS? AFTER A TIRE FLEW OFF A TRUCK AND KILLED A WOMAN IN PEACH COUNTY, WE VERIFY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING TRUCK TIRES.  ANOTHER STORY: "IT'S DISTURBING:' LOOSE TRUCK TIRES CAUSE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS [MACON, GA 1 DEAD TWO DAYS LATER 1 IN HOSPITAL] AND CONCERN CENTRAL GEORGIA DRIVERS"  HTTPS://WWW.13WMAZ.COM/MOBILE/ARTICLE/NEWS/LOCAL/ITS-DISTURBING-LOOSE-TRUCK-TIRES-CAUSE-MULTIPLE-ACCIDENTS-AND-CONCERN-CENTRAL-GEORGIA-DRIVERS/93-3F933CEA-56F6-47C9-8577-9F1D78CDEC04    RELATED: SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER CHARGED AFTER JONES COUNTY MOM KILLED BY FLYING TIRE ON I-75    IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY IN PEACH COUNTY, BUT DAYS LATER, SOME ARE STILL ASKING, "WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPECTING TRUCK TIRES?"
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