Blow front tire, what do you do?
If you saw the video last week of the Class A blowing a tire and going off the road. I'd like to hear what is the right way to react. I've heard don't use your breaks, what's the answer?
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Orbital physics is the hardest for people to conceptually comprehend, just try to explain the difference between centrifugal and centripetal, and/or gyroscopic.
In event of a front-tire blowout in a motorhome, it seems like intuition drives you to immediately apply the brakes. If you do, you probably will be guilty of asking these forces to work against you. Of course, there are other forces that come into play, one of which is gravity. Since all the weight of the vehicle is resting on all the inflated tires, this means that if a front tire is deflated, there is a weight shift towards the opposite front tire and the same-side rear tire(s). In this case, if power is applied to the drive tires, the vehicle will have a tendency to yaw away from the deflated tire. Whereas, if power is removed from the drive tires, the yaw tendency will be the opposite. More the reason to not even touch the brake pedal, especially if the vehicle is in cruise control when the front tire is suddenly deflated.
In short, how the driver reacts to a blown front tire might determine whether there's an accident, or an incident.
In event of a front-tire blowout in a motorhome, it seems like intuition drives you to immediately apply the brakes. If you do, you probably will be guilty of asking these forces to work against you. Of course, there are other forces that come into play, one of which is gravity. Since all the weight of the vehicle is resting on all the inflated tires, this means that if a front tire is deflated, there is a weight shift towards the opposite front tire and the same-side rear tire(s). In this case, if power is applied to the drive tires, the vehicle will have a tendency to yaw away from the deflated tire. Whereas, if power is removed from the drive tires, the yaw tendency will be the opposite. More the reason to not even touch the brake pedal, especially if the vehicle is in cruise control when the front tire is suddenly deflated.
In short, how the driver reacts to a blown front tire might determine whether there's an accident, or an incident.
