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
I had a blowout once and I didn't hit the accelerator so every video and every expert is crazy and don't know what they are talking about. :R
Just because one person got away with it once is no reason to disregard what the experts are telling you. You don't have to understand why it works but you do have to respect the fact that when several experts say this is the thing to do you have to wonder why YOU, an amateur, are questioning it.
Michelin didn't call anyone on this forum and ask them what to do. They contacted a real expert and then they showed you with a video?
Those that recommend procedures contrary to what the experts recommend are doing nothing but leaving drivers confused as to what to do when they actually have an incident like this. Do I do what the experts say or do I do what someone on an RV forum said that got away with it once? Opps, too late......while you were making up your mind what to do it is already too late.
The purpose of the experts telling you what to do is to imbed it in to your brain what is the correct way to handle a front wheel blow out.
Saying that only one person in 100 will remember it is nothing but BS meant to strengthen the position of a person that is adverse to taking advice from an expert.
Counter steering is almost instinctive so most people will do that, as evidenced by the very small amount of incidents that end up like this. Pushing on the accelerator keeps your foot off of the brake and helps to overcome the drag caused by the flat tire and provide more steering control when you need it the most. Once things are going straight, then you can slowly let off of the accelerator and pull off of the road.
Watch the video and listen to the experts and run it through your mind enough times that it becomes instinctive. People do it all of the time to condition themselves about how to act in an emergency situation that everyone hopes will never happen to them.
Just because one person got away with it once is no reason to disregard what the experts are telling you. You don't have to understand why it works but you do have to respect the fact that when several experts say this is the thing to do you have to wonder why YOU, an amateur, are questioning it.
Michelin didn't call anyone on this forum and ask them what to do. They contacted a real expert and then they showed you with a video?
Those that recommend procedures contrary to what the experts recommend are doing nothing but leaving drivers confused as to what to do when they actually have an incident like this. Do I do what the experts say or do I do what someone on an RV forum said that got away with it once? Opps, too late......while you were making up your mind what to do it is already too late.
The purpose of the experts telling you what to do is to imbed it in to your brain what is the correct way to handle a front wheel blow out.
Saying that only one person in 100 will remember it is nothing but BS meant to strengthen the position of a person that is adverse to taking advice from an expert.
Counter steering is almost instinctive so most people will do that, as evidenced by the very small amount of incidents that end up like this. Pushing on the accelerator keeps your foot off of the brake and helps to overcome the drag caused by the flat tire and provide more steering control when you need it the most. Once things are going straight, then you can slowly let off of the accelerator and pull off of the road.
Watch the video and listen to the experts and run it through your mind enough times that it becomes instinctive. People do it all of the time to condition themselves about how to act in an emergency situation that everyone hopes will never happen to them.
