> No profile is going to save you from that. Low profile tires are stiffer and should therefore be damaged more easily. There's no way to tell from the story

> No profile is going to save you from that. Low profile tires are stiffer and should therefore be damaged more easily. There's no way to tell from the story how the accident happened, but I wouldn't rule out that a more flexible tire would have just deformed instead of tearing.