RV Blows Tire Causing Roll-Over Video

[timmac]

No one was killed by this, only minor injury, check your tire for age and air..

https://youtu.be/9LkLeljt4t0


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[rgatijnet1]

He was going too fast for HIS abilities to handle an emergency. That is pretty obvious from the outcome.
At what speed could he have handled it, who knows? Other drivers have handled front wheel blowouts without losing control so it is not necessarily a speed thing as it is a driver skill thing.

[shaneperch]

Cloud Dancer wrote:
When you say he was going too fast, exactly what contribution do you think the excessive speed made to this case? Are you thinking that the speed itself caused the tire to fail, or that it was the speed which prevented the driver from maintaining control.
My thought is that it was the rapid failure of the tire itself which startled the driver such that it caused his mind to freeze,.....while someone else might've been instantly responding with some actions which might've resulted in maintaining control. In other words, IMO the subject driver would have done the same thing if the tire had failed at 80 mph as at 65 mph. And, IMO my opinion is more consistent with a driver who would drive this rig at 80 mph in the first place.

Many things can contribute to tire destruction whilst going insanely fast. tire degradation from sitting in the sun too long or tire hit something on the road bad workmanship many things. even the beloved Prevost could wind up tits up cause of a pinhead driving thinking it is a race car.. I have seen buses trucks motorhomes tits up from many things I have traveled all over the country (naturally in a car or pickup truck) and seen it all. I have seen an Eagle (the beloved coach before the holy grail Prevost) and that looked like chewed food after it was all over with. Perhaps if we look at it from another perspective Let's say God FINALLY blessed me and I have a Prevost and I am driving it at 80 mph, and I have a blow out cause of say happenstance,,, BOOM goes the tire, and I am going out of control and end up on my side, Now let's say I am going 60 and I have that same blow out don't you think I would have a much much better chance to recover from a tire emergency such as this? my point is that if that idiot was driving the speed limit or the bottom side of it he would most likely have a much better chance of keep it under control. Prevost or a Thor or a Beaver doesn't matter it's pure physics the faster something moves the more energy it has.

[Cloud_Dancer]

When you say he was going too fast, exactly what contribution do you think the excessive speed made to this case? Are you thinking that the speed itself caused the tire to fail, or that it was the speed which prevented the driver from maintaining control.
My thought is that it was the rapid failure of the tire itself which startled the driver such that it caused his mind to freeze,.....while someone else might've been instantly responding with some actions which might've resulted in maintaining control. In other words, IMO the subject driver would have done the same thing if the tire had failed at 80 mph as at 65 mph. And, IMO my opinion is more consistent with a driver who would drive this rig at 80 mph in the first place.

[Effy]

Seems pretty obvious he was going too fast. Some here have calculated that the assumption is pretty accurate based on the OTR speed and counting the lines vs time. I didn't calculate or derive that through anything scientific but he's obviously going faster than everyone else. Was speed a contributor to this accident? Maybe. Was he going too fast for a MH? Probably. Could he have had better control going slower? Definitely.

[Cloud_Dancer]

Perhaps that's a good way of putting it. This driver had no chance.
All of us go through life experiencing and learning different things, and acquiring different abilities. This driver apparently did nothing. He didn't turn the steering wheel to the right, he didn't step on the brake,....my guess is that he did what most drivers do,....mind freeze. But, he was succesful in certain important ways. He had good looking equipment, and he was fortunate (lucky).
Some of this is speculation, some of it is obvious. But, it makes us think of what we might have done, in his shoes. OR, what we will do. Personally, I will keep on preparing for a trip, and driving the motorhome, the same as before. I'll depend on how my brain is programmed and on the abilities I've acquired.
NOW, if there was a full-motion simulator available, I would consider paying for the training.

[two-niner]

The driver had no chance in spite of all the comments.

The failure was the "guard rail" which is designed ease vehicles back towards the travel lane and not into oncoming traffic. Not sure the design was included for a huge box on wheels at V2 speed.

[427435]

Cloud Dancer wrote:

427435 wrote:

Pirate wrote:
Was working with Safe-T-Plus recently and mentioned this video. I was told they are aware of it, will want to use it, and are talking with RV owner to get details. 75MPH. Anyway, get your safetplus.

I still do not understand how a safe-t-plus contraption would help in this situation.

You don't need to hold the steering wheel straight----------you need to TURN it to the right (with LF tire blowing).

When I had a LF tire blow, the steering wheel did NOT jerk to the left-----------although the MH moved to the left. The driver must quickly counter steer. A contraption to keep your steering pointed straight ahead would not be an aid.

People who have not driven in snow or ice or wet dirt,...in a broadslide attitude, such as you see on TV (they call it drifting) do not have the sense for "countering" with the steering wheel. If you practice it long enough, you will acquire a "sixth sense" which immediately tells you to turn the steering wheel, and work the throttle, such that the vehicle will follow a radius, OR STRAIGHT LINE.

You mean there are drivers out there that don't know that????? 😉

So they buy some mechanical contraption instead.

[Bruce_Brown]

I'm just glad no one was seriously hurt.

I'm not saying Comfort Drive would have prevented this, I'm 99.9% sure it would have helped.

I hope to never personally find out.

[Cloud_Dancer]

427435 wrote:

Pirate wrote:
Was working with Safe-T-Plus recently and mentioned this video. I was told they are aware of it, will want to use it, and are talking with RV owner to get details. 75MPH. Anyway, get your safetplus.

I still do not understand how a safe-t-plus contraption would help in this situation.

You don't need to hold the steering wheel straight----------you need to TURN it to the right (with LF tire blowing).

When I had a LF tire blow, the steering wheel did NOT jerk to the left-----------although the MH moved to the left. The driver must quickly counter steer. A contraption to keep your steering pointed straight ahead would not be an aid.

People who have not driven in snow or ice or wet dirt,...in a broadslide attitude, such as you see on TV (they call it drifting) do not have the sense for "countering" with the steering wheel. If you practice it long enough, you will acquire a "sixth sense" which immediately tells you to turn the steering wheel, and work the throttle, such that the vehicle will follow a radius, OR STRAIGHT LINE.

[rgatijnet1]

Notice the vehicles stopped behind the red truck. They were the lucky ones that happened to avoid the crash vehicle hurtling across the highway after going through the cable barrier that did not stop him. There was a lot of luck involved in the final outcome of this incident.

[Bucky1320]

LOL.
happy Friday guys!

[mike_brez]

Bucky1320 wrote:

timmac wrote:

Bucky1320 wrote:

timmac wrote:

Effy wrote:
Haven't we been through this the last 2 times this topic was posted?

Was not aware this video was posted and myself just saw it for the 1st time.

:C

What video?:p

The video link on the very 1st post of this thread

:R

Oh good Lord man! Don't they have sarcasm where you live?

There is a video 🙂

[Bucky1320]

timmac wrote:

Bucky1320 wrote:

timmac wrote:

Effy wrote:
Haven't we been through this the last 2 times this topic was posted?

Was not aware this video was posted and myself just saw it for the 1st time.

:C

What video?:p

The video link on the very 1st post of this thread

:R

Oh good Lord man! Don't they have sarcasm where you live?

[mike_brez]

Mr.Mark wrote:
I'm not sure if it was mentioned yet, but the motorhome ended up in the travel lanes blocking both. There was an additional picture posted somewhere that I saw when the event originally happened.

Thank goodness the traffic moved on and there just happened to be an open spot for the motorhome to land. Could have been even worse.

MM.

[BobGed]

Dennis M M wrote:
Can't remember how many time I have posted this on threads about this accident!

WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!

How to Handle a Blow Out

It's a great video for a tire blow out under ideal conditions. Nice straight level road.

The driver it this situation did not hit his brakes until he was off the highway and in the median. The only lights you see are his turn signals just as the tire apparently blows.

Living on the west coast, I do a lot of mountain driving. I would love for some one to post a video of what one is supposed to do when they experience a blow out descending say a 6% grade on a less than straight road.