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ok, I know I'm a coward, but I daren't look.
A high speed blowout is my worst nightmare.
Just spent a fortune replacing all five tyres (Michelin)
saluti,
eddied
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ok, I know I'm a coward, but I daren't look.
A high speed blowout is my worst nightmare.
Just spent a fortune replacing all five tyres (Michelin)
saluti,
eddied
On the contrary, its not one of those youtube horror flicks, its sensible advice from Michelin on how to survive
Good advice but not braking in an emergency is an extremely difficult technique to acquire. I would add to the advice based on my experience of an excess 100mph rear tyre deflation. If you suddenly feel that it is getting windy yet the trees do not seem to be blowing pull over and stop. I did this and on walking round the vehicle stood and watched the rear nearside tyre settle down on it's rim. The reality of punctures is that they go down slowly, the term blow out has arisen from the tyre disintegrating usually after the air has leeched away and the bead to rim seal breaks down. When this happens the tyre starts to waggle from side to side and corrective steering becomes impossible untill it disintergrates away. On windy days I have no early warning system to offer, but there are some commercial valves that warn with some radio device when pressure drops.
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Well Jim you may well have saved a few lives with this post, I had not seen this video before, and if I had been asked I would have said the correct thing to do was to ease off the accelerator, so was suprised with the advice, but on watching the clip can see the sense of accelerating initially.
So a very big thank you
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I gree with your sentiments, the first instinct is to brake.
There are a couple of other situations were I was told not to brake as it could make it worse.
One is in a skid in black ice where driving a delivery van I once braked hard when I felt the van 'going'. I did a 180 degree turn on that occasion before coming to halt. Luckily there was no other vehicle around.
The other is when in a tight bend with a front wheel drive it is better to keep the foot on the accellerator and maintain traction rather than brake when the vehicle will tend to drift off the road rather than keep on it.
Excellent post. I would hate to test my nerve in that situation, as I am sure 99% of people would hit the breaks out of sear panic.
Once again great post.
Thanks for posting the link its an eye opener, we all dread having a high speed blowout, I probably would jump on the brake and be in more trouble. The video with the explanation is brilliant.
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