Blowout at 70 mph
We experienced a drivers side front wheel blow out at 70 mph Wednesday going north on US 59 towards Houston after passing a vehicle. The tire blew out about a baseball sized section of sidewall with a...
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Install a Steer-Safe or Safe-T-Plus and let it do the anticipation. Trust me, they work. Sometimes all you need is that split second, after it happens, to get and keep control of the situation.
The problem is NOT always that the driver does the wrong thing, when a blow out occurs, but that the outcome is usually determined before the driver does anything. If any device can control the vehicle direction long enough, the driver will usually instinctively do the right thing. Been there, done that.
I have fairly new, and safe tires, on my old Bounder, but would not drive it ten miles without the Steer Safe installed. One experience with the dreaded "death wobble" or "blow out" is enough to make a believer out of anyone.
The problem is NOT always that the driver does the wrong thing, when a blow out occurs, but that the outcome is usually determined before the driver does anything. If any device can control the vehicle direction long enough, the driver will usually instinctively do the right thing. Been there, done that.
I have fairly new, and safe tires, on my old Bounder, but would not drive it ten miles without the Steer Safe installed. One experience with the dreaded "death wobble" or "blow out" is enough to make a believer out of anyone.
