Not sure if you’re trying to be funny, but in case someone thinks you are being serious_ Unbalanced tyres will not cause someone to lose control. They’ll get a little vibration feedback through the steering wheel, which may even be felt by passengers.
This is an extremely unlikely outcome, but no reasonable person would be tampering with other people’s cars after seeing a meme on lemmy anyway. We’re just telling jokes here.
The top picture is a car wheel with far too many wheel weights. The bottom is a large amount of wheel weights. They're used to balance wheels which helps make the ride smooth.
I disagree with them about it being terrible too; but I think it’s an issue of ignorance, not skill. I didn’t know what it was either, but thankfully the kind people up at the top comments answered an asker! ^^
Easier to wait for a couple helpful comments. On my phone with the poor resolution of the image, I didn’t realize the top pic was those same weights on the tire, and didn’t understand that until another user pointed it out. Just thought the pic was of a tire without weights.
Holy shit my brother I had seen these things for years, thrown in the ground and always figured they had something to do with cars, only didn’t know WHAT. you sir have scratched that mental itch and my brain lobes are forever thankful
Oh shit. I had an old beater that would shake apart at certain rpms. It was a hand me down that I drove into the ground and didn’t spend money on, so I never got it inspected. Didn’t know the solution was so easy.
I got a flat tire and needed to replace the tires. Since I was going to get new tires soon anyway my quick replacement was a used tire different from my others.
My car was unbalanced and it felt so weird, had to keep checking if I got another flat because the vibration feeling was so off.
No, they are used to balance wheels and tires that are out of balance.
When a new tire is mounted on a wheel, it has to be balanced on a machine that spins it, locates the light side, operator adds weights to make it balance.
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