Dashcam view of a Class A blowing tire and rolling.

Ouch!!! Glad to read the part that they only sustained minor injuries. But daggone....it obviously coudl have been MUCH worse not only for them but for the ones in the oncoming lane of traffic.

I watched it several times and judging by the number of white lines that pass by in the video and the time, the tractor trailer that was filming was traveling about 71mph. That would put the motorhome's speed somewhere around 75-80mph at the rate of takeover. Way too fast in my humble opinion....

That settles it. When I buy my motorhome I will install a Safety Steer!

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Well, since the driver lost control of his RV after a blowout, he was obviously going too fast for his abilities. Whether he was exceeding the speed limit is irrelevant. A tire blowout is no excuse to lose control of your vehicle unless you were driving beyond your own abilities which the outcome proves that he was.
People have blowouts all of the time and do not flip their coach.
If you look at the end of the video, the RV is within inches of the oncoming lane of traffic. When it turned at the end it was clearly over the cable. I stand corrected...he DID make it to the other side of the road and slid all of the way across it.

so every one who has an accident is driving too fast for his/her abilities?
bumpy

Just before diving off the road there's a single flash from the rh turn signal. No brake lights, no smoke (that I could see) from blown tire.

Speculating - Tire could have blown from guard rail . . . . Swatting a fly? Passenger returning to seat?

That MH was definitely moving.

I had an SUV lose it in front of me (few hundred yards, anyway) during my last trip, which best guess was around midnight. He changed from left to center lane, then center to right lane to pass a car, passed the car then hard left into a 4 wheel slide then front first into center wall and bouncing back into left and center lane. Once he started his slide I knew it wasn't going to end well and started scrubbing speed as it's too risky to play dodge cars with a motorhome.

Years ago I had a young lady go straight when the road curved. Nice Camaro, too. She was reaching for a CD.

Which always makes me wonder what really goes on in the cockpit.

Best,
- bob

Watched this several times. A few things I noticed, looks like he never touched his brakes, didn't see any brake lights. I know you are not supposed to slam on your brakes in a blow out but instead come to a gradual stop, but I didn't see any attempt to slow down at all. Maybe I missed it. Also looks like there was a lot of over correction which looks like may have caused the final roll over. Speed also seemed to be a factor but it's impossible to tell on the video. The only reference is the view from the truck and the cars further up the road, but the MH appears to be going faster than the rest of the traffic but without knowing how fast the OTR was going it's a guess. But it's easy for me to sit here and type this as I wasn't driving. The driver may have done everything right, Who can say for sure. just thinking out loud.

Goes to show us how life can change in an instant. Scary, scary.

MM.

Well, since the driver lost control of his RV after a blowout, he was obviously going too fast for his abilities. Whether he was exceeding the speed limit is irrelevant. A tire blowout is no excuse to lose control of your vehicle unless you were driving beyond your own abilities which the outcome proves that he was.
People have blowouts all of the time and do not flip their coach.
If you look at the end of the video, the RV is within inches of the oncoming lane of traffic. When it turned at the end it was clearly over the cable. I stand corrected...he DID make it to the other side of the road and slid all of the way across it.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
He came very close to making it in to on coming traffic. The ditch and the cables did little to stop the rig once it started it's journey off the highway.
The driver is lucky he was not seriously hurt and he only lost his rig and probably the truck he was towing. Oh well, the speed he was traveling made sure that he was the first one to the wreck site.

You must have missed the part about what the State Police said. According to them the cable is what redirected the rig away from oncoming traffic. After watching it a again it's all there.

And, no mention of speed at all.

Still a sad deal to lose a rig like that, but at least the two inside only had minor injuries.

God I hate watching that.

My MoHo is much lighter, but I had a similar blowout at about 60 MPH after hitting a steel bar in the roadway - small car ahead of me dodged it, but I could not!
BUT...for me the big difference was the installed "Safe-T-Plus" (model 41-230) steering control which kept the rig going straight while I braked and turned the wheel to get to the side of the road.
It was the BEST investment I made in our motorhome!!!