ELI5; Why can Vehicle tires last Tens of thousands of miles, While Shoes get destroyed after a couple hundred miles, Even though tires carry a much heavier weight than shoes and go much faster

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ELI5; Why can Vehicle tires last Tens of thousands of miles, While Shoes get destroyed after a couple hundred miles, Even though tires carry a much heavier weight than shoes and go much faster

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Make shoes from the same rubber compounds found in tires and they would be terrible at absorbing shocks but would last for years (the soles anyway). Make car tires from the same compounds as shoes and they wouldn’t last more than a couple hundred miles, if you’re lucky.

Different materials chosen specifically for their particular properties to meet specific requirements.