Bad wreck

[malojeer]

UPDATE: All lanes open on I-10 W in Crowley following fatal crash
http://www.katc.com/story/34998935/lsp-fatal-crash-on-i-10-w-near-crowley
2 people in rv killed when tire problem occurred

[slickest1]

Driving for a living I have had several front tire blow outs. No two were the same. It all depends on the road. Some roads have a higher crown and some are slightly banked on corners. The only time I had a hard time keeping it straight was on a banked corner.
Most times it is the element of surprise and and reaction time that gets people into trouble.
If you are driving along with your cruise on and the tire blows it is so loud it can scare the heck out of you. By time you react and get the cruise off you could be in the ditch.
I was close a couple times and it was more luck than skill that saved me.

[traveylin]

Please note that the aux braking system on the toad worked well and it is relatively undamaged. Gotta have good tires and both hands on the steering wheel. If you are keeping up with the 75 mph traffic in Crowly you are going to fast

[Cloud_Dancer]

At highway speeds, a front(steer) tire blowout is very different than a rear-dual tire blowout. In fact, the difference is such that IMO we would be better off discussing front tire blowouts only.

[mgirardo]

Dennis M M wrote:
Time to revisit The Critical Factor

WATCH THIS VIDEO IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

Although I completely agree with the advise given in the video, I am curious if the advise is always necessary. The reason I ask is because this was not the case when we had a blow out last year. We had an inner dual tire blowout on the curb side while driving 70 mph down I-95 just south of Savannah, GA in our 32' Class C. As soon as the tire blew, I applied the brakes and moved to the shoulder.

If it wasn't for the noise the blown out tire made as it rotated, I don't think I would have even realized I had a blowout. I had no handling issues whatsoever. Perhaps if it were a steer tire, the results would have been different because I stepped on the brake. The tire was a Michelin, and I have always been told that Michelin's handle better in a blowout.

Or perhaps I just got lucky.

-Michael

[Cloud_Dancer]

I suggest that you try to learn exactly why a driver does NOT succeed in keeping the motorhome out of the guardrail and out of the ditch.
IMO success comes if you keep the motorhome on the pavement.
The problem is that only a few us know how to combine the knowledge of chassis dynamics PLUS the basic laws of Newtonian physics.

[Rbertalotto]

Simply amazing how these class A motorhomes disintegrate in a collision. I would imagine there are no DOT rules for front end collision like most other vehicles?

Maybe those MDT mounted motor homes would be safer.....

Wonder if a Safe-T-Steer unit would have helped

[Cummins12V98]

VERY sad!

Something to consider when choosing what type of RV to buy.

[dodge_guy]

Terrible. I`m wondering how old the tires were on the RV. Eeven a TPMS system will not help in a blowout!

[wa8yxm]

2 people in rv killed when tire problem occurred

I think it is in "Beganning RVing" a Sticky.. "Watching these videos may save your life"

BELIEVE IT

Watch the video

I've watches several times.. I learned from it.

[garyemunson]

So many crashes occur because of tire failure. Most times the tire is so disintegrated that cause of failure cannot be determined. I'll again make the pitch for TPMS units. Unlike our cars, most every trip in an RV is for a long distance allowing a picked up nail to slow leak the tire to the danger point where it overheats and flies apart. In your car, you'd just come back out of work to find a flat tire. The heavy duty power steering boxes on today's RVs can mask the 'feel' of a low tire on the front and a dual tire that leaks down and fails can sometimes take the other tire with it when it transfers the load it was carrying to the remaining tire. A TPMS isn't going to stop all failures but it will give you a warning of a low tire and THAT will stop a lot of blown apart tires.

[2gypsies1]

.... and here's another one - father and son killed:

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/34996837/at-least-one-dead-in-crash-on-i-77-sb-in-chester-county

[Veebyes]

Oh WOW! So sad to see. Of all places, right over a high area into a ditch. A second sooner or later might have made a difference.

[rhagfo]

Very sad indeed.

[Lwiddis]

Tragic.