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The Academy - 2007 Where the Rubber Meets the Road 1-6 was released on: USA: 28 June 2007
The pattern of the rubber part that meets the road.
Static Shock - 2000 Where the Rubber Meets the Road 4-9 was released on: USA: 27 March 2004
"Where the rubber meets the road" is a phrase referring to vehicles -- when the rubber of their tires meets the road, you have movement. This idiom means "where the action is going to take place," and is generally used to mean some sort of decisive action.
Rodney - 2004 Where the Rubber Meets the Road 2-14 was released on: USA: 28 February 2006 Germany: 6 June 2008
Wherever wheels are rolling,No matter what the load,The name that's known is FirestoneWhere the rubber meets the road
The Weather Channel Weekend View - 2006 Where the Rubber Meets the Road Winter Tire Safety was released on: USA: 23 November 2013
the rubber meets the sky
The genesis of the phrase is (unofficially) credited to a national advertising "jingle" used throughout the 1960s and 1970s by the former Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Wherever wheels are rolling, No matter what the load, The name that's known is Firestone Where the rubber meets the roads Given that Firestone kept it running for nearly 20 years, a generation of Americans became well acquainted with the tune. At some point - the exact date of which is still to be determined, the phrase "where the rubber meets the road" became part of our lexicon.
This idiom originated from racing - when the rubber hits the road is when the automobile starts moving forward.It means: "when you get to the action", or "when you get busy", "when it gets serious", or it might mean something like "the last word or final outcome of something"... something along those lines, depending on context.
rubber has good grip on road and more over good control on road and while on rubber tyres it's has less jerk convinent journey.