Why Does a Rolling Tire Maintain Stability Without Tipping Over?

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Homework Statement



You go to a quick – fix garage to get your brakes worked on. When your tires are re – installed, the mechanic forgets to put the lug nuts on your tires. Although nobody gets hurt, a tire comes off your car when you are traveling fairly rapidly and it is able to roll through a very large distance, even hitting bumps and objects in the way. Please explain why the tire can roll so far without tipping over.


Homework Equations


I might be wrong on this, but i think this question has to do with Dynamic Stability,
There isn't an numberic equations to this question.

The Attempt at a Solution


My answer is: The car drives under center of gravity to
return to the unstable equilibrium
Motion can make a car stable
 
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The question is asking about the tire that came off, not the car itself.
dingding86 said:
Please explain why the tire can roll so far without tipping over.