The hell with rubber TIRES.

  • Thread starter Thread starter Omnis
  • 28 comments
  • 1,414 views

Omnis

Not Even A Real Mod
Staff Emeritus
Messages
39,107
United States
Application hell
Messages
MP-Omnis
Why don't roads and tires use velcro?
 
Also, would it not be vastly more expensive to make, create and maintain in comparison to concrete/tarmac/Shell surface roads?

Plus, it would mean that all the vehicle would have to replace their tyres with velco tyres and possibly have a radical change of design so that the velco itself doesn't get too damaged after a week of heavy load. You also have the extremely heavy weight of the trucks and vans that could make the velco road behave in a completely unpredicable way and be potentially fatal for people driving behind the said heavy vehicle.

Of course, it could be more grippier actually....
 
Why don't roads and tires use velcro?

Cause that'd have way too much friction and we'd all have to drive 8,000hp cars to go 60mph?

Or something.

Blame the Romans.
 
Not to mention you would have a hard time turning, also when it rained or snowed you wouldn't be able to drive until the road dried out.
 
Heh, and I thought this was a thread about ditching birth control....
 
I'm thinking you would get less grip. Velcro works by little plastic clips hooking into little plastic loops, so the lateral force should stay constant. I guess it might feel like you are driving on a plastic road with plastic tires.

That and you would need to replace your tires and the roads after every trip to the grocery store, it would be annoying and turning the wheels with any efficiency would be nearly impossible.
 
Stupidest Idea ever!!!!
Just like E85 Ethanol Fuel..... 👎
I liked how the road and tires are as it is now. I mean, the future cars doesn't even need to use roads or tires anymore..... :dopey:
 
Why don't roads and tires use velcro?
The purpose of a tire is to create instantaneous static friction, so that the wheels don’t just spin in place. If you were to use velcro, you’d create both static and kinetic friction (from the velcro trying to pull apart as the tire rolls forward), which is exactly what you don’t want, as kinetic friction creates a force opposite your direction of travel.
 
Even better - the road should be one huge magnet and the tyres made of solid steel.
Maybe you’re joking, but for the record, that would work even worse than velcro.
 
The purpose of a tire is to create instantaneous static friction, so that the wheels don’t just spin in place. If you were to use velcro, you’d create both static and kinetic friction (from the velcro trying to pull apart as the tire rolls forward), which is exactly what you don’t want, as kinetic friction creates a force opposite your direction of travel.

Hogwash! If the world was paved with velcro, we could have smart velcro wheels that change shape and let go as they leave contact.
 
We'd have horrible gas mileage because it'd take more power to push the car forward because the Velcro would want to hold it back.
 
I got an idea. Go cover a 1 mile track with Velcro, wrap your tires with Velcro, and drive on it for 24 hours. Then come back and tell us how good YOUR idea is.

It would equal mayhem if this happened. And if I tripped an fell it wouldn't do my shirts any wonder.
 
You wear Velcro shirts? This I have to see!
It looks something like this, I'd imagine:
velcro_wall.jpg
 
lol, I've been on one of those before! Great fun they are, totally impractical for everyday useage though I can imagine, specially if you had pets with long fur, wanted to hug a person, climb a tree etc etc as they would basically grab every mote of dust/thing/item/fur/whatever and stick to it.
 

Latest Posts

Back