RV Blows Tire Causing Roll-Over Video
No one was killed by this, only minor injury, check your tire for age and air.. https://youtu.be/9LkLeljt4t0 :o
Forum Discussion
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.
