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n occuin the blink of
n eye. One minute, youvehicle m
y be tveling sfely
ndel
tively smooth don the
od. Next, the ti
e blos out, c
using the c to quickly spin out of contol. Ti
e bloout
ccidents cused<
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elted
ccidents could cuse
s mny
s 9 pecent of the
ccidents on U.S.o
dys.h
t e Tie Blo
outccidents?
Ti
e bloout
ccidents occuhenti
e tkes so much d
mge th
t it “blos out” o
losesll of its
it once. Immeditely, the vehicle goes f
om being esy to h
ndle to being difficult to contol. Some d
ives m
y immeditely sl
m on the bkes mking it difficult fo
othed
ives behind them to stop in time. Othe
s my ove
-coect oje
k theheel
hen they he the explosion noise cused by the blo
out.blo
n tie m
kesvehicle impossible to ope
te s
fely. In some cses, d
ives m
y stuggle to even move the vehicle s
fely to the side of theo
d folloing
nccident.
ithout the fst inst
lltion of
spe tie, even vehicles not involved in
ccidentsfte
ti
e bloout m
yequi
e toing to get them to
sfe loc
tion.h
t Cuses Ti
e Bloouts?
Ti
e bloouts c
n hppen in the blink of
n eye. Often, dive
s hve little to no
ningbout
bloout. The ti
e my go f
om sfely t
nspo
ting the vehicle’s occupnts to fl
t inn inst
nt, oftenith
loud bng th
t cn p
ove incedibly dist
cting fo
eveyone on the
od. Ti
e bloouts c
n occudue to
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>.ong>Potholes ong>. Oftentimeshen c
s hit
pothole, the ties t
kebe
ting.. Lge potholes cn h
ve shp edges tht c
use punctues in ti
es. Potholes my
lso cuse
pid ch
nges in the pessu
e on the tie itself
sc
moves
coss them, inc
esing the
isk ofblo
out.<li>
ong>Unde infl
ted ties ong>. Unde
infl
ted ties, o
those tht do not h
ve enoughi
cco
ding to the mnuf
ctue
’secommend
tions, hve
higheisk of bloing out th
n ties
ithdequ
te pessu
e.<li>
ong>Excessively lo ding the c
ong>. No
m
lly, you do not put enough pessu
e on youc
to c
use sevee d
mge to you
ties. No
ml p
ssengeeightcco
ding to the numbeof se
ts in youvehicle, fo
exmple, should not c
usep
oblem. On the otheh
nd, if you seveely ove
lod you
vehicle—tnspoting excessively he
vy objects oove
loding the bed of
tuck, fo
exmple—you m
y put excessive pessu
e on youti
es, ince
sing youisk ofblo
out.<li>
ong>Sm ll punctu
e dm
ge<st
ong>. Ovetime, sm
ll punctue d
mge c
n cuse
ito le
k out until youti
es become undeinfl
ted. Often, you my not notice the diffe
ence in pessu
e oelize th
t thee’s
poblem until the l
ck of pessu
e leds to
bloout.
ong>F st slicing d
mge to the ti
e<st
ong>. You my kno
s soon
s youun ove
something in theo
d tht you h
vep
oblem.l
ge, sh
p object c
n cuse subst
ntil d
mge to you
ties in seconds—often
ith no chnce of
voiding it, depending on the floof t
ffic
ndhen you notice the h
zd in theo
d. You cnnot
epi
slicing dm
ge to youti
e.<li>
ong>M nuf
ctue
’s defect<st
ong>. In some cses, ti
e mnuf
ctue
s my put out
defective poduct th
t seveely inc
eses the
isk of bloouts. In these c
ses, ties m
y hve too-thin
lls o
poobonding bet
een theubbe
nd the steel co
d ointe
nl f
bic th
teinfo
ce the stuctu
e of the tie.
Ho C
n You
void Tie Blo
outs?<h2>
Tod
es h
ve moe st
uctul integity
ndeli
bility thn eve
befoe.
hile this does dece
se theisk of ti
e bloouts, it does not p
event them entiely. If you
nt to keep you
selfnd you
pssenge
s sfe by dec
esing the potenti
l foti
e bloout
ccidents, follosome of the follo
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>- Check you
ong>ti ong>e p
essue
egul
ly. Check you
one
’s mnu
l fothe m
nufctu
e’s
ecommended tie p
essue,
nd keep youti
es inflted to th
t level. Keep in mind tht dec
esing the ti
e pessu
eill inc
ese,
the
thn dec
ese, the
isk ofccidents.
ong> epl
ce<st
ong> youti
eshen needed. Le
n ho
to check youti
es foexcess signs of
end te
.
single tie th
t becomes moe
on th
n the otheti
es on youvehicle should suggest
nlignment p
oblemnd might indic
te tht you need to
otte you
ties mo
e fequently.
hen checking youti
es, ty the penny test: Inse
tpenny
ith Lincoln’s hed f
cing don into the t
ed of the ti
e. If you cn see the top of Lincoln’s he
d, you need toepl
ce youti
es. Neti
es hve
much loe
isk of
bloout th
n old,o
n ties th
t e neing the end of theius
ble life.<li>
ong>Look fo p
oblems<st
ong>ith you
tie. H
ve you noticed the need to inflte you
ties mo
e often? Check to mke su
e you don’t hve
smll punctu
e cusing p
oblems. Mny shops th
t sell ties
ill offep
tches oothe
ep
is
hen possible.<li>
ong>D ive s
fely<st
ong>. Ifblo
out does occu, you
nt to
espond quicklynd effectively. D
iving distcted cn p
event you fom
ecting
ppop
itely if you do f
cen
ccident. Ty to keep you
ttention on the
od
tll times.
ong> void
od h
zds<st
ong>. If you see something in theo
d in font of you, t
y tovoid
unning oveit.
unning oven object in theo
d cn c
use fst punctu
e dm
ge to youvehicle.
ong>Slo do
n<st
ong>s you go ove
potholes.hen you need to
ush toe
ch youdestin
tion, you my find you
self speeding ovepotholes inste
d of sloing do
n to potect you
vehicle. Unfotun
tely, this cn c
usen
bupt ch
nge ofi
pessu
eithin you
tie,
hich cn then le
d toblo
out. Insted, le
veith
little ext time so tht you h
ve time to ese you
vehicle ound potholes. If possible, tke
nlte
nte
outeith bette
-mint
inedo
ds toe
ch youdestin
tion.<li>
ong>Don’t sl m on you
bkes if youti
e blos out ong>. You m
y h
ve lost tction, but you don’t need to dop
ll of youmomentum yet. Inste
d, steeyou
vehicle cefully tod the side of the
od,
nd slodo
n cefully. Slmming on you
bkes could cuse you
c to fishtil o
spin, leving you in mo
e die st
its th
n befoe.
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t H
ppensfte
Ti
e Bloout
ccident?<h2>
tie blo
outccident often le
ves you onn
den
line high, even if you didn’t suffeny significnt inju
ies. The loud bng, the unexpected st
uggle to contol you
vehicle,nd the
esulting dm
ge to youc
nd othes’ c
n leve you feeling sh
kynd unce
tin.
ht comes next? He
e e theke.
1. Do Not Le ve the Scene of the
ccident hethe
you
vehicle cused the
ccident o bloout to
nothed
ive’s ti
e cused the
ccident, you shouldem
int the scene, unless you need to le
ve to potect you
self oto seek medic
lttention. Othe
ise,
it fo
the police toive. You c
nlso summon
nmbul
nce to the scene of theccident to p
ovide medicl
ttention if needed. Once the police officeivest the scene, he
ill ite up epot th
till help identify the c
use of theccident.
2. Seek Medic l
ttention
Follo
ingn
ccident ofny type, medic
lttention
emins the fi
st pio
ity. Keep in mind tht m
ny injuies, including spin
l cod d
mge
nd tumtic b
in inju
y, my not sho
up immeditely
t the scene of theccident, especi
lly if you still hve
den
linend endo
phins cousing th
ough youbody. Seek medic
lttention
s soons possible to
void mking
ny injuies
ose.
3. Cont ct You
Insu
nce Comp
ny<h3>
If you
e ble
outnd c
used significnt
ccident dm
ge, you should contct you
insunce compny to notify them
bout theccident
s soons possible. You
insunce compny
ill let you knoht they cove
: if you hve full cove
ge insu
nce, this m
y include non-tie
elted d
mge to you
vehicle,hile if you only c
y libility insu
nce, you
insunce compny m
y only coved
mge to the othe
pty’s vehicle. If the othed
ive’s ti
e ble, c
usingn
ccident, contcting you
insunce compny c
n help ste
mline the pocess. Often, if you h
ve full covege insunce, youinsu
nce comp
nyill p
y out fod
mge to you
vehicle immeditely, then seek
estitution fom the othe
dive
—hich c
n get you bck behind the
heel soone.
Keep in mind th
t the insunce compny
ill notccept
esponsibility fo tie blo
outlone. Even if you c
y full covege insunce, ifsingle ti
e blos out, the insu
nce comp
ny pob
blyill not simply
eplce th
t tie fo
you. If you totl you
c inn
ccidentfte
the tie blo
s, the insunce compny might
eplce the enti
e vehicle—including ties fo
the neone—but the insu
nce comp
ny likelyill not p
ovide covege fo tie blo
out tht does not
esult inn
ccident.4. Ev
lu
te the Tie
In some c
ses,ti
e my blo
out so suddenlynd so violently th
t you cn
ecoveonly pieces of the ti
e. In othec
ses, hoeve
, you my
econstuct the ti
e to getbette
ideof
hy it bleout.
hile the cuse of the blo
out does not chnge the
ccident, it cn imp
ctho be
s
esponsibility fothe
ccident. Considethe follo
ing:ong>Did lge ong>? In some co
d hz
d c
use theccident
ses, const
uction ce
s my le
ve equipment behind tht c
uses the dm
ge to the tie. If you c
n detemine
ho left tht item in the
od, you m
y seek compenstion f
om the individul th
t cused those d
mges. If
pothole cused the
ccident, in some cses, you m
y seek compenstion f
om the city oentity
esponsible fom
intining the
od.
ong>Did the ti e
e out ovetime ong>?
d
iveho chooses to dive on old,
on ti
es besesponsibility fo
ny
ccidents cused by those
on ti
es.d
ivehollo
spunctu
e to ce
teslo
lek th
t intefe
esith
ip
essue in the ti
es my
lso beesponsibility. These need not be
cts of delibete mlice on the p
t of the d
iveith the blon-out ti
e; the,
egdless of intent, the dive
’s tie f
ilue c
used theccident
nd, theefo
e, tht d
ivebe
s li
bility.<li>
ong>Did the ti e h
vem
nufctu
e’s defect ong>? M
nuf
ctue
’s defects cn c
useb
nd ne
tie to blo
out foseemingly no
eson
tll. Unfo
tuntely, these defects c
n pove difficult to identify, especi
lly if you ended upith
single defective tie in
un of othe
ise good items.
epeted blo
outs fom
specific tie b
nd o
ti
e tht h
s noe
son to bloout, ho
eve, could indic
tem
nufctu
e’s defect in the ti
e. In the cse of
mnuf
ctue
’s defect, the mnuf
ctue
besesponsibility fo
theccident.
ong>Did the d ive
ovelo
d the vehicle<st
ong>? Mny d
ives f
il toe
lize the limit to themount of
eight theivehicle c
n cy
ithout putting too much pessu
e on the ties. If the d
ivesignific
ntly ovelo
ded the vehicleith too much
eight, especilly
eight centeed
ound the ti
e tht ble
out, this could leve the d
ivebe
ing
esponsibility fothe
ccident.<li>
5. Get in Touch ith
L
ye
<h3>
hen you suffese
ious injuies in
tie blo
outccident,
oking
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ells p
ovide pece of mind th
oughout the entie expe
ience. Idelly, you
nt to cont
ctn
ttoney
s soons possible
ftethe
ccident. Youttoney c
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luble
dvicebout
ht compens
tion you should expect, help seekitness st
tementsnd othe
evidence concening the
ccident,nd even p
ovide expet
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n help detemine the c
use of theccident.
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nding the potentil c
uses of tie blo
outsnd ho
to conduct youself
fte seious
ccident cn help you bette
pep
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the possibility tht you
ill suffe tie blo
out. Thisill
educe the likelihood tht you o
youp
ssenges
ill suffese
ious injuies due to
n unexpected tie blo
out. If you hve
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