Is a Blown tire causing truck to leave the roadway and crash into trees a "not at fault accident"

Some bosses don't know much more than the drivers they hire. Simple fact is, a blowout IS controllable IF you do the right thing. Panic and do the wrong thing, and it might be impossible to recover. Improper reaction to a situation sounds like something "preventable" to me...

 

I'm done here.

 

The trick in a situation like this is to clearly state the object was airborn and landed in your lane just as you arrived at the same location. Hitting an object on the road is looked at as preventable (Assured Clear Distance Ahead), but a flying object? Well, unless you are using your pilot's license, nothing you can do about flying objects.

 

I was on I-65 going north (headed to Louisville, ky. as I went into the left turn right before you get to the bottom of the big hill going 68 mph my passenger steer blows out..... I tapped off the CC, jakes came on, lite on the brakes set my coffee cup down so I could hold the wheel with 2 hands

 

I imagine most steering tire blow outs are slow loss of pressure from a debris puncture. I wonder if anybody here has ever had a spontaneous violent failure where the tire lost all pressure in less than a second?

 

I had one gator on me on I-76 near Harrisburg PA right before the first tunnel. Luckily I was heavy and going up hill so was moving at about 35MPH. It blew out on the passenger side and it was like pulling right into a parking spot. zipped right onto the shoulder and no harm done.

 

I had a steer on my 45' diesel pusher motorhome blow (Freightliner Chassis, 275/70 x 22.5 tire), I didn't see the debris in time. I was amazed how fast it deflated and it really pulled to the drivers side it was longer than a second, but not by much. I was lucky and knew to accelerate first, get control, then slow and pull to the shoulder. I installed a SafeTSteer afterwards, they say it eliminates the pull when it happens. The device does help with staying straight in the lane, I noticed how much easier it was to drive afterwards.

 

Wish I saw this earlier but I use us xpress lots and have noticed a lot of their steer tires are retreaded. I would never drive a truck without a brand new legit tire on the steers. Just someone thing to look out for in the future, playing a game of chance not really in your favor

 

Just goes to show.....The mega's are about as dumb as a box of rocks...

They'll do anything to destroy someone else's quality of life, won't they !

 

Running retreads on the steer axle is illegal