I cannot for the LIFE of me work out how this could have happened at the supermarket carpark near me where you can barely drive forty feet in a straight line (not my picture).
— James Alistair Henry (@jamesbluecat.bsky.social) June 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Tire-to-tire contact has an insane amount of traction. It only takes a bit of that for cars to flip, roll over, climb another one, or do something else that seems at first glance improbable. I’ve seen a car flip from tire-on-tire contact at 5mph.
Here’s one example of low-speed tire-to-tire contact causing a rollover: