eli5 Tire rolling down hill

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I am literally 5 compared physicists-a tire rolls down hill and it keeps rolling faster can it increase in speed infinitely as long as the hill is infinitely large?

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No, a tire would not be able to accelerate infinitely. Even in a vacuum, the sheer centrifugal force would pull the tire apart.

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