Where does the rubber go as the tread on your tires wear off?

Question

Where does the rubber go as the tread on your tires wear off?

Answer 1

Minute particles usually just blow over and settle along the roadside.

Answer 2

worn out to the road?i think that is pretty obvious?every seen hard breaking the leave tire marks?or hard acceleration that cause wheel spin?

Answer 3

It doesnt go anywhere, just sits around on the road surface until the wind or rain shifts it. It does not degrade and is still with us for ever.

Answer 4

As automobile tires move along a road, tiny particles are worn off, and can end up in the air and in nearby waterways.

Answer 5

It turns to rubber fairy dust.

Answer 6

the road

Answer 7

on the street and some in peoples lungs and the air we breath...

also it collected by the rubber fairy :/