Wow a tyre blowout!

What the motorists stuck in the queue did was wrong, I do have some sympathy, because the very last thing the police seem to want to do in a situation like this is clear a couple of lanes and get the traffic moving again.
 
I am guessing that the driver of the motorhome panicked when the tyre blow out, to end up on its side
Because I used to do high motorway miles when I was working I have had several blow outs on motorways over the years, and have always managed to stay calm and make it to the hard shoulder, other motorists have also been good at spotting that I have been needing to make it to the hard shoulder and have slowed down to allow me to get across
 
RichardHelen262 said:
I am guessing that the driver of the motorhome panicked when the tyre blow out, to end up on its side
Because I used to do high motorway miles when I was working I have had several blow outs on motorways over the years, and have always managed to stay calm and make it to the hard shoulder, other motorists have also been good at spotting that I have been needing to make it to the hard shoulder and have slowed down to allow me to get across
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Other drivers having good anticipation Richard, something sadly lacking with many drivers these days.
 
ProDave said:
What the motorists stuck in the queue did was wrong, I do have some sympathy, because the very last thing the police seem to want to do in a situation like this is clear a couple of lanes and get the traffic moving again.
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There is no evidence in the story to tell if a lane (or two) was open. I've seen it several times where the motorway has come to an almost complete stop and drivers have gone along the hard shoulder to save a few minutes.
 
ProDave said:
the very last thing the police seem to want to do in a situation like this is clear a couple of lanes and get the traffic moving again.
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That’s intentional the stationary traffic makes a safety barrier for those on foot at the incident. Their first priority is to prevent more injuries and the thinking is that people sat in cars, vans and trucks with seatbelts on are less at risk than people on foot especially since those on foot will not be monitoring incoming vehicles.
 
RichardHelen262 said:
I am guessing that the driver of the motorhome panicked when the tyre blow out, to end up on its side
Because I used to do high motorway miles when I was working I have had several blow outs on motorways over the years, and have always managed to stay calm and make it to the hard shoulder, other motorists have also been good at spotting that I have been needing to make it to the hard shoulder and have slowed down to allow me to get across
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You have been lucky with blow-outs.
A mate had his first one in a 44 ton truck..he said it veered left and no amount of pulling right on the steering wheel would make it go right...it went left and straight up an embankment...where he managed to stop it....
I feel gutted for the owners of the motorhome
 
A few years back I had the offside rear go on a Leaky. Managed to get it to the hard shoulder, but not before it had ripped out the shower floor.
 
Had one blow some years back on my rear, lucky i have double wheels and it never moved one inch of line, a front would worrie me.
 
I've had fronts blow out several times on rental vans never had any problem keeping under control. Twice on Triumph Heralds had front suspension collapse and never had any problems bringing them to a safe stop.
 
Blowouts can be unpredictable, be it car, van or truck is the truth.

Had a f/o/s blow on an 18t truck and just slowly rolled to a stop, artics much the same, generally the more axles the better off you are.

But if your cornering at the point the thing gives way it can be a nightmare, had this with a wagon and drag in Germany once. Managed to stop safely enough but had there been a vehicle coming the other way it would have been a whole different story.
 
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