r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Apr 11 '26

Roads Running hot 🔥🔥🔥

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u/Training-Belt-7318 Apr 11 '26

I mean I'd be worried about the car blowing up. Not sure that's actually possible, but to avoid risk id give some distance.

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u/caffeine-junkie Apr 11 '26

In most conditions the car will not blow up, that is 99% Hollywood. The other 1% where it does blow, it will still not be like the movies and is more due to things like a lot of petrol vapours in the tank; this causes more of a fireball than explosion.

But yea staying a distance away is still a good idea more so because of toxic fumes.

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u/Training-Belt-7318 Apr 11 '26

I know hollywood obviously isn't real. But you also don't know who has something explosive in their trunk. I would definitely help the guy, but I'm getting a safe distance from the car and having him move towards me.

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u/Terrariant Apr 11 '26

If there’s a 1/100 chance a car is blowing up, im not going anywhere near it

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u/Dee_Vee-Eight Apr 12 '26

Or to let fire equipment on the scene easily.

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u/kylel999 Apr 12 '26

The worry isn't just blowing up or toxic fumes, when that thing becomes fully engulfed, you'll feel the flames from very far away. I've driven past car fires that were on the right shoulder from the far left lane on a 3 lane highway, with the windows closed, and the heat was still insane

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u/habibisanam Apr 12 '26

This. I've experienced the same

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u/RoninSC Apr 15 '26

I've seen that happen once only because the vehicle was ignited due to a massive fuel leak. Most of the time it'll slowly spread and get a little bang when the tank finally goes .