What happens when you get a tire blow out while driving 50mph?

Question:
will your car slow down or will you loose control of your car

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Tires rarely "blow out". They can go flat quickly, though. It's not hard to stay in control. Just slow gently, and gradually pull over to the side.

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Picked up a 1 inch long piece of 1/4 inch tubing on an off ramp in Georgia one time. Whoosh! Almost instant flat. Pulled over and put the spare on. No problem.

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It depends which tire goes. If you loose a rear wheel you'll feel a lurch and the gas won't be as responsive. But if you loose a front, you'll also loose some control of your steering............

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normally it will just blow, scare you and you will still have control as long as you don't jerk the wheel or stomp the brakes. doing either after a tire blows is what will make you lose control.

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when a tire blows you just let off the gas and slowly steer for the berm. many blow every day and you don't here of cars flipping on the evening news.

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when a tire pops it usually take a while for all the air to escape it.. if you get a nice gash in your tire or something and your going 50, youll slowly start to slow down and your car will feel like its rocking or something, but no... unlike in the movies, you wont do 5 spins in the middle of the road, leave skid marks all over the place... lose control and fall off the edge of a cliff..... and have your car explode when it hits the ground... sorry! =)

Why would anyone...?

That all depends on you. DO NOT SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES!! You can wreck if you do that because you wont have control of the car. let it slow down on its own then apply the brakes. I had a tire blow at 60 and while i wound up in the ditch it was because I had to get off the road.

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The car will slow down, but losing control is up to the skill of the driver. If a rear tire goes, the back end will try to swing in the direction of the blown tire, and you should countersteer as necessary and apply brakes to come to a safe stop.

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If a front tire goes, it will JERK the steering wheel in your hand and pull hard in the direction of the blown tire. Hold on and keep the vehicle going as straight as possible, and let the car coast to a stop (pull your emergency brake if you have to, just don't lock the rear wheels).

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Get as far off the road as you can to not become a danger to other vehicles, and either change to your spare or call an auto service.

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Today's radials are designed to not "blow out", meaning, an instant and total loss of tire pressure. Current radials are designed will usually gradually loss air pressure. If, you have a radials and you hit some road hazard and tear the side wall out, slow down gradually with LIGHT braking and SMALL steering corrections and pull to the side of the road.

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You should check your tires every time you get into your car or on every gas fill-up. You will potentially avoid most tire problems and have much more enjoyable traveling experiences.
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