Tire pressure monitoring systems

the silverback wrote:
Haveing read the above comments I will stay with my hand held tire pressure gauge. However, be sure to get a good one. Not a $9.99 special. I am luckly that I can have mine checked at least once a year at lab that is tracable to the national standards.

I know people who say they can tell when a rear wheel blows out, however, I was in a 40-foot RV when an inside rear tire blew out and the TPMS alert was the only indication that the blow out occurred. There was no noise or "feel" relating to the blow out. Presumably this could have lead to the outside rear on the same side also blowing out....or maybe he would have felt it in another bit of time...I didn't feel it and I was in the passenger seat.