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xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167:_Car_Size

Lynn

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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Remeinds me of an Alan Dean Foster story, was it "Why Johnny Can't
Speed"?
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In article <10f41cq$2039k$1@dont-email.me>,
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> schrieb:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Remeinds me of an Alan Dean Foster story, was it "Why Johnny Can't
Speed"?

Yes, one of the stories that inspired the Car Wars tabletop game.

Dave Van Domelen, notes that sub-subgenre was well-represented in 1970s
SF magazines.

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:05:21 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167:_Car_Size

I've always thought that panels/bumbers with shaped charges designed
to blow up the other vehicle were the obvious answer.
Note that I don't drive. I don't even use a vehicle unless I need to
get someplace far far away. I walk everywhere I go.
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On 11/13/2025 9:17 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:05:21 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167:_Car_Size

I've always thought that panels/bumbers with shaped charges designed
to blow up the other vehicle were the obvious answer.

Note that I don't drive. I don't even use a vehicle unless I need to
get someplace far far away. I walk everywhere I go.

So no armor plating to protect you from the vehicles you are walking
alongside of when their shaped charges go off. :P
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:37:48 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 11/13/2025 9:17 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:05:21 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes
for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167:_Car_Size

I've always thought that panels/bumbers with shaped charges designed
to blow up the other vehicle were the obvious answer.

Note that I don't drive. I don't even use a vehicle unless I need to
get someplace far far away. I walk everywhere I go.

So no armor plating to protect you from the vehicles you are walking >alongside of when their shaped charges go off. :P

I don't walk down the middle of the street. And if some vehicle does
set another vehicle's charges off, that vehicle will shield me.
The actual problem is, of course, that this would be very illegal.
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On 11/14/2025 9:13 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:37:48 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 11/13/2025 9:17 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:05:21 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Car Size
https://www.xkcd.com/3167/

Many of the eighteen wheelers around here are now using six inch spikes >>>> for their lug nuts on their wheels now.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167:_Car_Size

I've always thought that panels/bumbers with shaped charges designed
to blow up the other vehicle were the obvious answer.

Note that I don't drive. I don't even use a vehicle unless I need to
get someplace far far away. I walk everywhere I go.

So no armor plating to protect you from the vehicles you are walking
alongside of when their shaped charges go off. :P

I don't walk down the middle of the street. And if some vehicle does
set another vehicle's charges off, that vehicle will shield me.

The actual problem is, of course, that this would be very illegal.

Only for now....
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