Originally Posted by glenmore

Was just driving on the freeway and I noticed a constant cloud of dust coming from the next lane up ahead. Usually it is someone burning thru all their oil in their crankcase but this was a light brown dusty smoke. Coming up on it, I see a big old 4 dr Mercedes being towed by a smallish tow truck. I recently was broken down and when the tow truck came, it was either flatbed or for a short tow, raise the drive wheels, tie down the steering wheel straight and go. This Mercedes was being towed front wheels up and as I passed, I could see why. The right front tire was shredded and spinning lazily and occasionally touched the ground because the car was barely raised by the tow truck. And the dusty smoke was coming out of the tailpipe!

Was this car being accidentally towed in gear? Yikes!