What the skeptics got wrong.
The most upvoted dissenting replies, addressed point by point. Using vehicle dynamics, cognitive science, and real world precedent.
The physics shows deceleration of only 0.09–0.14 g from rotor drag alone. At 60 mph, the car is still moving at significant speed for several hundred meters. This would easily be long enough to reach a shoulder.
The car does not instantly stop. Multiple real world dashcam compilations show vehicles travelling at highway speed with missing wheels. Momentum is the dominant force, not the drag from one corner.
Crucially, the event was a rear wheel loss, which preserves front steering authority. The driver still has the most important control input intact.
The skeptics raised fair questions. The evidence answers them.
We don't claim certainty. We claim plausibility - and the burden of proof for "things that never happen" should not be lower than the burden for "things that sometimes do."