tire blow outs

Kayteg1 wrote:
.......I think if you buy quality tires and have pressure monitoring your chance of having blow up are smaller than winning lottery.

Wow... I need to start playing the lottery then.... I had two blowouts in less than 2 months last year. The first was my fault....old tire.... the second was a brand new tire, proper size and rating, properly inflated, not overloaded, traveling below the posted speed limit, and no road hazards.... go figure...I had a bad tire from the factory and the tread separated.... it can and WILL happen when you least expect it.

sdianel wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwOE1yKY5c

a video by Michelin that shows what to do in case of a blowout.

Take the advice given in that video and put it to use if and when you have a blowout and it will work. We had one on the right front passenger tire and used this method. Was able to slow down and pull off on the shoulder safely. Had some minor damage to wheel well and below the door. DH never drives over 65 anyway but at that time we were merging onto 4 lane so we were only going about 50 when it happened. Scared the **** out of us but we are grateful we came out ok. Tires were 6 years old and at the time of the blowout on a Friday, we were having tires replaced the following Monday.

I had on on I-10 just east of El Paso. Around 50 mph. Fortunately for me, I could pull over almost immediately. NO damage at all. REALLY lucky. Got Coach-net on the phone, spare put on and back on the road in about 2 hours.
However, I have seen what can happen if the circumstances are "right" (wrong for the coach) and that damage can be not only incredible but dirty. To say nothing of the $$ cost.

That's an old post and the trucker videotaping stated he was doing 70mph. The moho had to be pushing 80 or so. Way too fast for conditions and his tires....also if you time the vid and count the lines in the road as it runs, you can accurately figure out the motor home's speed at the time of the accident...Dennis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwOE1yKY5c

a video by Michelin that shows what to do in case of a blowout.

That video trigger endless dispute abut roll cause on this forum before, but let's talk about tires.
I had lot of flat tires in my life, including one on my trailer today when drivers honked on me that the tire took a shortcut on the turn.
Per my experience good quality tires don't blow just becouse.
Usually underinflation (or overloading) cost the tire to warm up and it is the heat that deteriorate the tire costing a blow at some point.
Age makes the rubber less flexible, so this is speeding factor.
I think if you buy quality tires and have pressure monitoring your chance of having blow up are smaller than winning lottery.

Courtesy Clicky to Video

Only minor injuries to the driver and passenger (thank goodness), according to the brief FoxNews story:

FoxNews Story

Thanks for posting.